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Table 1 Presence of family history in different generations in patients with and without hypertension

From: The influence of family history of Hypertension on disease prevalence and associated metabolic risk factors among Sri Lankan adults

 

Patients with hypertension (n = 1188)

p*

Patients without hypertension (n = 3293)

p**

Family history (prevalence of hypertension)

Family history (% without hypertension)

Present

Absent

Not known

Present

Absent

Not known

Parents

416 (35.0)

676 (56.9)

96 (8.1)

<0.001

1097 (33.3)

2139 (65.0)

57 (1.7)

<0.001

Grandparents

32 (2.7)

675 (56.8)

481 (40.5)

<0.001

204 (6.2)

2308 (70.1)

781 (23.7)

<0.001

Siblings

264 (22.2)

851 (71.6)

50 (4.2)

<0.001

318 (9.7)

2861 (86.9)

44 (1.3)

<0.001

Children

54 (4.5)

996 (83.8)

13 (1.1)

<0.001

22 (0.7)

2669 (81.1)

14 (0.4)

<0.001

  1. *Comparison between prevalence of hypertension in those with and without a family history; **Comparison between the percentage without hypertension in those with and without a family history