Table 4 Mean age-specific systolic and diastolic blood pressure in selected studies
From: Epidemic of hypertension in Ghana: a systematic review
Study ref | Blood Pressure | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 + | ||||||||||||||
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| Â | Â | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T |
SBP | 120.9 | 113.8 | 117.2 | 122.1 | 113.4 | 117.3 | 121.7 | 118.1 | 119.8 | 120.3 | 127.4 | 123.7 | 127.8 | 130.8 | 129.2 | 130.2 | 133.5 | 131.9 | 143.4 | 151.6 | 147.2 | |
| Â | DBP | 60.6 | 62.7 | 61.7 | 69.1 | 64.0 | 66.3 | 71.5 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 72.7 | 75.8 | 74.2 | 74.3 | 75.8 | 75.0 | 74 | 74.1 | 74.1 | 76.1 | 78.1 | 77.0 |
SBP | 116.4 ± 13.4 | 115.1 ± 13.2 | - | 117.6 ± 14.4 | 118.9 ± 15.5 | - | 126.9 ± 20.4 | 127.7 ± 23.2 | - | 137.8 ± 19.8 | 147.1 ± 31.1 | - | 149.1 ± 22.3 | 150.1 ± 24.5 | - | 153.5 ± 29.0 | 161.0 ± 29.8 | - | - | - | - | |
|  | DBP | 74.9 ± 8.7 | 73.8 ± 8.2 | - | 76.6 ± 9.1 | 73.8 ± 11.4 | - | 83.6 ± 13.7 | 85.3 ± 13.6 | - | 88.9 ± 11.3 | 94.0 ± 17.0 | - | 95.1 ± 12.1 | 93.0 ± 12.9 | - | 93.7 ± 12.6 | 96.6 ± 17.4 | - | - | - | - |
Amoah 2003 [33] | SBP | - | - | - | 120.7 ± 13.5 | 115.3 ± 15.3 | - | 123.1 ± 16.7 | 122.6 ± 20.0 | - | 131.7 ± 23.0 | 133.9 ± 26.3 | - | 144.0 ± 29.4 | 143.9 ± 28.2 | - | 128.1 ± 21.6 | 127.7 ± 25.7 | - | - | - | - |
|  | DBP | - | - | - | 70.0 ± 9.7 | 68.2 ± 10.2 | - | 74.5 ± 12.5 | 74.3 ± 13.0 | - | 79.2 ± 13.9 | 78.7 ± 13.7 | - | 75.5 ± 13.3 | 79.8 ± 15.0 | - | 74.6 ± 12.7 | 74.2 ± 13.8 | - | - | - | - |
SBP | - | - | - | - | - | - | 120.9 ± 18.6 | 108.7 ± 16.8 | - | 124.6 ± 22.2 | 122.8 ± 25.4 | - | 130.0 ± 25.5 | 129.7 ± 28.1 | - | 130.0 ± 30.0 | 138.1 ± 28.0 | - | - | - | - | |
|  | DBP | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.1 ± 13.9 | 67.7 ± 11.3 | - | 76.6 ± 13.6 | 74.3 ± 13.3 | - | 77.3 ± 14.4 | 75.6 ± 13.6 | - | 73.4 ± 12.9 | 75.2 ± 14.2 | - | - | - | - |
Addo et al 2008 [31]d | SBP | - | - | - | 125.0 | 113.5 | 119.0 | 127.5 | 117.5 | 125.0 | 135.5 | 130.8 | 134.0 | 140.3 | 131.8 | 137.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Â | DBP | - | - | - | 72.5 | 69.0 | 71.3 | 77.5 | 76.0 | 76.5 | 84.5 | 83.5 | 84.0 | 85.0 | 79.8 | 84.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Owiredu et al 2008 [19]e | SBP | - | - | 109.5 ± 10.8 | - | - | 113.8 ± 11.6 | - | - | 121.7 ± 18.4 | - | - | 127.2 ± 18.8 | - | - | 139.1 ± 25.8 | - | - | 150.0 ± 20.6 | - | - | - |
|  | DBP | - | - | 67.7 ± 7.7 | - | - | 70.8 ± 8.7 | - | - | 76.2 ± 12.8 | - | - | 80.1 ± 12.4 | - | - | 81.4 ± 15.5 | - | - | 85.7 ± 14.0 | - | - | - |
Kunutsor & Powles 2009 [34] | SBP | 123.3 ± 13.0 | 113.5 ± 11.4 | 117.5 ± 13.0 | 124.1 ± 19.2 | 112.5 ± 11.0 | 116.7 ± 15.5 | 124.2 ± 16.2 | 123.1 ± 21.3 | 123.5 ± 19.3 | 124.4 ± 24.5 | 130.8 ± 25.9 | 129.0 ± 25.5 | 126.2 ± 23.7 | 134.0 ± 28.4 | 131.5 ± 27.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|  | DBP | 61.9 ± 6.6 | 65.6 ± 8.4 | 64.1 ± 7.9 | 69.9 ± 12.6 | 67.9 ± 9.2 | 68.6 ± 10.6 | 71.8 ± 9.9 | 76.1 ± 13.2 | 74.3 ± 12.1 | 75.5 ± 14.8 | 78.3 ± 13.7 | 77.5 ± 14.0 | 75.2 ± 12.2 | 74.0 ± 12.1 | 74.4 ± 12.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |