Table 4 Distribution of subjects by systolic and diastolic blood pressures, gender and age
From: Hypertension among Tunisian adults: results of the TAHINA project
Normotensive or controlled hypertensive | Hypertensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Optimal | Normal | High normal | Stage I | Stage II | Stage III | |||
SBP (mm Hg) | <120 | <130 | 130–139 | 140–159 | 160–179 | ⩾180 | ||
DBP (mm Hg) | <80 | <85 | 85–89 | 90–99 | 100–109 | ⩾110 | ||
Gender | Age (years) | N | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Men | ||||||||
35–44 | 1356 | 30.4 | 38.6 | 15.5 | 12.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |
45–54 | 1052 | 24.5 | 32.5 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 6.9 | 2.3 | |
55–64 | 567 | 16.4 | 27.3 | 18.7 | 24.3 | 9.0 | 4.2 | |
65–74 | 369 | 14.6 | 20.6 | 19.2 | 27.4 | 11.9 | 6.2 | |
Total | 3344 | 24.4 | 32.8 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 6.0 | 2.5 | |
Women | ||||||||
35–44 | 1747 | 40.3 | 33.4 | 12.8 | 10.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | |
45–54 | 1509 | 22.9 | 26.6 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 8.3 | 3.4 | |
55–64 | 815 | 11.8 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 26.5 | 12.6 | 9.4 | |
65–74 | 465 | 6.4 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 30.9 | 18.4 | 9.4 | |
Total | 4527 | 26.0 | 27.2 | 16.6 | 18.3 | 8.0 | 4.0 | |
