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Table 2 Prevalence of Hypertension in Kuna Population Sampled using Two Cut-points

From: Prevalence and correlates of diagnosed and undiagnosed hypertension in the indigenous Kuna population of Panamá

Hypertension above 140/90 mmHg

Hypertension above 130/80 mmHg

 

n (%)

95% CI

P-value

 

n (%)

95% CI

P-value

Overall

13 (6.2)

3.32–10.30

 

Overall

35 (16.6)

11.83–22.31

 

Sex

  

0.11

Sex

  

< 0.001

 Male

6 (10.5)

3.96–21.51

 

 Male

18 (31.6)***

19.90–45.24

 

 Female

7 (4.5)

1.85–9.14

 

 Female

17 (11.0)***

6.56–17.09

 

Age

  

0.22

Age

  

0.033

 18–39

5 (6.0)

1.98–13.50

 

 18–39

7 (8.4)*

3.46–16.61

 

 40–59

2 (3.0)

0.36–10.37

 

 40–59

12 (17.9)*

9.61–29.20

 

 60–90

6 (10.5)

3.96–21.52

 

 60–90

14 (24.6)*

14.13–37.76

 

Education

  

0.59

Education

  

0.89

 None

2 (5.7)

0.70–19.16

 

 None

5 (14.3)

4.81–30.26

 

 Primary

2 (3.5)

0.43–12.11

 

 Primary

10 (17.5)

8.75–29.91

 

 Secondary/University

8 (7.5)

3.28–14.20

 

Secondary/University

19 (17.7)

11.04–26.33

 

Monthly Income

  

< 0.001

Monthly Income

  

0.001

 Poor

3 (2.8)***

0.58–7.90

 

 Poor

9 (8.3)***

3.88–15.23

 

 Low Income

4 (5.2)***

1.43–12.77

 

 Low Income

18 (23.4)***

14.48–34.40

 

 Moderate Income

6 (26.1)***

10.23–48.40

 

 Moderate Income

8 (34.8)***

16.38–57.26

 
  1. Bold indicates significance at p = 0.05–0.1 *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001 based on chi2 test
  2. CI confidence interval
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