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Table 3 Adjusted* and unadjusted prevalence of hypertension in Golestan Cohort Study, Iran, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), United States

From: Obesity and hypertension in an Iranian cohort study; Iranian women experience higher rates of obesity and hypertension than American women

  

Iran (Golestan Cohort Study)

USA (NHANES III)

Unadjusted

Overall

32.5 (0.5) †

30.1 (1.0)

 

Men

29.8 (0.7)

27.5 (1.2)

 

Women

34.5 (0.7)

32.7 (1.1)

Adjusted

Overall

33.8 (0.5)

29.9 (0.8)

 

Men

29.4 (0.7)

28.7 (1.2)

 

Women

35.7 (0.7)

30.5 (0.7)

  1. *Adjustments for age have been performed in both populations to the 2000 US standard population using 5-year age groups.
  2. † Data presented as: percent (standard error)
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