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Table 2 Mean (SE) Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) by age group and locality

From: Blood pressure patterns in rural, semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa

  

Rural (n = 213)

 

Semi-urban (n = 296)

 

Urban (658)

Age (y)

n

Systolic BP

Diastolic BP

n

Systolic BP

Diastolic BP

n

Systolic BP

Diastolic BP

8

18

86.0 (2.4)

51.0 (1.7)

32

96.3 (1.5)

59.8 (1.4)

28

97.9 (1.6)

59.9 (1.4)

9

13

94.1 (2.7)

57.8 (1.8)

24

103.5 (1.5)

65.8 (1.5)

25

98.6 (1.4)

59.8 (1.8)

10

20

98.4 (2.3)

62.2 (1.7)

27

101.4 (2.1)

64.0 (1.5)

29

97.4 (2.3)

58.4 (2.1)

11

31

100.4 (1.9)

61.5 (1.5)

34

104.3 (1.6)

66.0 (1.6)

26

103.2 (1.9)

66.8 (1.6)

12

29

103.5 (2.6)

64.4 (1.9)

34

108.7 (2.1)

66.4 (1.5)

68

102.6 (1.1)

60.7 (0.9)

13

30

105.6 (1.7)

63.5 (1.4)

32

109.4 (1.7)

68.4 (1.2)

140

105.7 (1.0)

61.5 (1.0)

14

33

107.5 (2.0)

62.2 (1.0)

48

111.9 (1.8)

67.6 (1.2)

197

109.6 (1.2)

63.9 (0.6)

15

22

114.5 (2.6)

65.9 (1.7)

37

111.2 (1.8)

65.3 (1.4)

104

115.9 (1.6)

66.4 (1.1)

16

18

115.7 (2.3)

68.4 (1.9)

28

113.4 (1.7)

66.9 (1.5)

41

115.1 (1.4)

66.4 (1.2)

P value

 

<0.0001

<0.001

 

<0.0001

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

<0.0001

  1. P value for linear regression