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Table 3 Clinical and biological markers and prevalence of HBP in the two groups

From: Association between severe acute malnutrition during childhood and blood pressure during adulthood in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Lwiro cohort study

 

Exposed

Unexposed

N (total)

%

Mean (SD)

N (total)

%

Mean (SD)*

145

  

97

  

Blood pressure (BP) mm Hg

 Systolic BP

  

120.4 (12.1)

  

120.1 (12.9)

   < 120

 

50.3

  

44.3

 

  120–139

 

42.1

  

49.5

 

   ≥ 140

 

7.6

  

6.2

 

 Diastolic BP

  

73.5 (10.3)

  

75.1 (9.2)

   < 80

 

73.1

  

68.0

 

  80–89

 

19.3

  

23.7

 

   ≥ 90

 

7.6

  

8.3

 

 Mean BP

  

89.1 (9.6)

  

90.0 (9.3)

 Pulse pressure

  

46.9 (10.9)

  

44.9 (10.6)

High blood pressure

 

7.6

  

4.1

 

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

  

0.91 (0.2)

  

0.95 (0.2)

  1. *For all of the variables, no statistically significant difference was observed between exposed and unexposed
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