Designing a comprehensive Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) programme for hypertension and diabetes at primary health care level: evidence and experience from urban Karnataka, South India

Table 4 Prevalence of raised blood pressure

Category	Total		Gender break up					Age break up
			Men		Women		P	18 to 34 y		35 to 49 y		50 y and above		P
	No	%	N	%	n	%		n	%	N	%	n	%
Total individuals assessed	32,568	99.91	15,588	47.86	16,980	52.14		14,819	45.50	10,459	32.11	7290	22.38
High blood pressure detected through screening test^a (newly detected)	4207	12.92	2168	13.91	2039	12.01	< 0.001	865	5.84	1702	16.3	1640	22.50	< 0.001
High blood pressure previously detected (confirmed hypertensives)	2126	6.52	865	5.54	1261	7.42	< 0.001	36	0.24	508	4.85	1582	21.67	< 0.001
Total	6333	19.43	3033	19.44	3300	19.42	0.95	901	6.08	2210	21.1	3222	44.14	< 0.001

^aNote: Screening test used systolic blood pressure above 140 and diastolic blood pressure above 90 mmHg as per national guidelines

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