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TABLE 3.

Pooled crude estimates of prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria

Region	Both sexes		Men		Women
Region	Prevalence % (95% CI)	I², P‐value	Prevalence % (95% CI)	I², P‐value	Prevalence % (95% CI)	I², P‐value
Nation‐wide
Hypertension	30.6 (27.3‐34.0)	99.1, <.001	29.5 (25.4‐33.6)	98.2, <.001	30.4 (25.2‐35.6)	99.2, <.001
Pre‐hypertension	30.9 (22.0‐39.6)	99.3, <.001	‐	‐	‐	‐
Awareness ^a	29.0 (19.7‐38.3)	98.9, <.001	‐	‐	‐	‐
Treatment ^a	12.0 (2.7‐21.2)	97.9, <.001	‐	‐	‐	‐
Control ^a	2.8 (0.0‐5.7)	83.1, .015	‐	‐	‐	‐
SBP (mmHg)	130.9 (128.4‐133.4)	90.7, <.001	‐	‐	‐	‐
DBP (mmHg)	81.1 (79.5‐82.8)	95.0, <.001	‐	‐	‐	‐
Geopolitical zone
North‐central	32.2 (13.5‐34.0)	99.1, <.001	35.9 (21.6‐50.2)	93.3, <.001	24.8 (21.3‐28.4)	97.1, <.001
North‐east	24.7(22.4‐27.1)	0.0, .457	23.3 (19.5‐27.1)	28.7. .236	24.8 (21.3‐28.4)	0.0, .867
North‐west	31.9 (14.9‐48.9)	97.7, <.001	20.1 (7.2‐33.1)	90.9, <.001	34.0 (13.9‐54.1)	97.2, <.001
South‐east	33.3 (27.3‐39.4)	99.0, <.001	40.8 (33.7‐48.0)	95.1, <.001	35.8 (29.0‐42.6)	96.1, <.001
South‐south	27.6 (21.4‐33.9)	98.3, <.001	24.4 (18.9‐29.8)	92.2, <.001	20.9 (15.6‐26.3)	94.6, <.001
South‐west	30.2 (23.6‐36.8)	99.2, <.001	27.3 (17.3‐37.2)	98.0, <.001	30.9 (20.0‐41.8)	99.4, <.001
Settings
Urban	33.6 (25.1‐42.0)	98.8, <.001	27.2 (17.3‐37.2)	97.9, <.001	34.5 (23.2‐45.8)	98.3, <.001
Rural	25.5 (21.1‐29.9)	98.6, <.001	26.4 (20.6‐32.2)	94.5, <.001	22.9 (17.8‐28.1)	95.5, <.001
Mixed	33.7 (26.7‐40.7)	99.3, <.001	35.8 (27.8‐43.7)	98.6, <.001	34.1 (25.0‐43.1)	99.1, <.001

^{^a}

Awareness, treatment, and control rates expressed as percent of HTN cases.