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Table 3 Prevalence of hypertension among the study population

From: Physical inactivity, and its association with hypertension among employees in the district of Colombo

Classification of hypertension

Senior officers

n = 272

Managerial assistants

n = 739

No.

%

No.

%

Normal

173

63.6

469

63.5

Pre-hypertension

11

4.0

53

7.2

Hypertension under control

24

8.8

49

6.6

Hypertension - Stage 1

58

21.3

147

19.9

Hypertension - Stage 2

4

1.5

7

1.0

Isolated systolic hypertension *

2

0.8

14

1.8

Total

272

100.0

739

100.0

  1. *Systolic BP ≥140 mmHg and diastolic < 90 mmHg