Table 1.

Prevalence of PHTN and HTN among Dubai population according to socio-demographic characteristics

Characteristics	Prevalence %			^P value
	Normotensive	PHTN	HTN
Age group
18–29	49.13	30.98	19.89	< 0.001
30–39	39.97	29.95	30.08
40–49	33.16	28.41	38.42
50–59	18.20	27.90	53.90
60+	11.25	32.27	56.48
Gender
Females	51.03	32.31	16.66	< 0.001
Males	32.78	28.85	38.37
Marital status
Single	48.69	30.12	21.19	< 0.001
Married	33.71	29.37	36.91
Divorced/separated/widowed	21.18	38.45	40.37
Nationality
UAE-Nationals	42.26	32.59	25.15	< 0.001
Other Arabs	41.98	30.98	27.03
Asians	38.02	27.29	34.69
Western and others	27.93	45.05	27.02
Education level
Less than secondary	29.92	26.02	44.06	< 0.001
Completed secondary and high diploma	37.16	29.45	33.40
Bachelor degree or post-graduates	42.00	31.92	26.08
Occupation
Professionals	38.74	32.08	29.18	< 0.001
Skilled and service workers	30.28	26.78	42.94
Elementary or unskilled workers	40.39	27.98	31.63
Work status
Not currently working	40.52	32.92	26.57	< 0.001
Working	37.19	29.22	33.59
Total prevalence
37.71	29.79	32.50

Results are presented as weighted proportions for all the categorical variables

HTN hypertension, PHTN prehypertension

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