Table 2 Blood pressure categories stratified by BMI and sex
From: Obesity and elevated blood pressure among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
SBP | DBP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NT (%) | PHTN (%) | HTN (%) | NT (%) | PHTN (%) | HTN (%) | |
Underweight | ||||||
Male | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (80.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Female | 8 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) |
Normal | ||||||
Male | 282 (90.7) | 9 (2.9) | 20 (6.4) | 266 (85.5) | 34 (10.9) | 11 (3.5) |
Female | 322 (93.1) | 16 (4.6) | 8 (2.3) | 304 (87.9) | 37 (10.7) | 5 (1.4) |
Overweight | ||||||
Male | 34 (82.9) | 4 (9.8) | 3 (7.3) | 33 (80.5) | 6 (14.6) | 2 (4.9) |
Female | 66 (81.5) | 6 (7.4) | 9 (11.1) | 65 (80.2) | 10 (12.3) | 6 (7.4) |
Obese | ||||||
Male | 26 (78.8) | 3 (9.1) | 4 (12.1) | 20 (60.6) | 8 (24.2) | 5 (15.2) |
Female | 37 (74.0) | 5 (10.0) | 8 (16.0) | 32 (64.0) | 12 (24.0) | 6 (12.0) |