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Table 1 Number of people tested and cases identified in each shopping centre with RSPH report ranking for most unhealthy town/city out of n = 70 towns. In the column of cases, the figure in parenthesis is the number of people who were already aware of having elevated BP, or self-reported some history of issues with elevated BP

From: Healthy shopper? Blood pressure testing in a shopping centre Pop-Up in England

Shopping centre region

Number of people tested

Cases: BP ≥140/90 mmHg

People: BP > 180/110 mmHg

Preston (#1)

53

12 (8)

2 (1)

Coventry (#3)

43

4 (1)

0 (0)

Northampton (#5)

58

19 (10)

2 (2)

Stoke-on-Trent (#9)

45

10 (2)

0 (0)

Totals

199

45 (21)

22.6%

4 (3)

Nottingham (#55)

44

7 (4)

0 (0)

Bristol (#61)

55

6 (3)

0 (0)

Cambridge (#64)

53

7 (4)

0 (0)

Totals

152

20 (11)

13.1%

0 (0)

  1. The difference in the proportion of cases indicates a statistically significant relative risk (1.72; p = 0.03)