| Total participants | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Systolic blood pressure (SBP) | Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) | |||
No at risk | Mean ± SD [Min, Max] | P* | Mean ± SD [Min, Max] | P* | |
Total | 307 | (149±19) [114, 217] |  | (90±10) [75, 126] |  |
Sex | |||||
 Female | 154 | (150±17) [116, 205] | 0.08 | (90±9) [75, 118] | 0.54 |
 Male | 153 | (148±20) [114, 217] |  | (89±10) [75, 126] |  |
**Age (years) | |||||
 30-39a | 46 | (141±12) [123, 178] | 0.002 | (90±8) [78, 118] | 0.87 |
 40 - 49 a | 65 | (147±15) [128, 210] |  | (91±9) [76, 126] |  |
 50 - 59 b | 95 | (149±19) [114, 205] |  | (90±9) [75, 117] |  |
 60 - 69 b | 79 | (152±21) [114, 217] |  | (89±11) [75, 126] |  |
 70-75 b | 22 | (158±22) [128, 208] |  | (89±11) [75, 118] |  |
**Education | |||||
 No education a | 99 | (152±17) [125, 208] | 0.04 | (90±9) [75, 118] | 0.96 |
 Primary to high school a | 148 | (147±19) [114, 217] |  | (90±10) [75, 126] |  |
 SSC or HSC a | 43 | (150±18) [123, 198] |  | (90±9) [77, 126] |  |
 Bachelor or Masters b | 16 | (140±16) [130, 196] |  | (89±8) [75, 105] |  |
SES | |||||
 Poor | 92 | (150±20) [114, 205] | 0.05 | (90±10) [76, 118] | 0.12 |
 Middle class | 214 | (148±18) [114, 217] |  | (90±10) [75, 126] |  |
Occupation | |||||
 Housewife | 146 | (150±17) [116, 205] | 0.43 | (90±9) [75, 118] | 0.48 |
 Business | 24 | (149±20) [129, 210] |  | (92±12) [77, 126] |  |
 Labour | 7 | (142±9) [131, 154] |  | (89±8) [78, 98] |  |
 Farmer | 59 | (146±19) [114, 217] |  | (88±10) [75, 121] |  |
 Employees | 53 | (150±21) [114, 208] |  | (89±10) [75, 118] |  |
Tobacco smoking | |||||
 Non-smoker | 245 | (149±18) [116, 217] | 0.34 | (90±10) [75, 126] | 0.66 |
 Current smoker | 62 | (147±20) [114, 210] |  | (89±10) [75, 126] |  |
Diabetes status | |||||
 No diabetes | 217 | (149±20) [114, 217] |  | (90±10) [75, 126] | 0.43 |
 Diabetes | 41 | (151±18) [125, 208] |  | (89±10) [75, 118] |  |
 Unknown | 49 | (146±14) [121, 191] |  | (89±9) [75, 113] |  |
Medication use | |||||
 No medication | 163 | (147±16) [123, 198] | 0.10 | (90±9) [75, 126] | 0.67 |
 Antihypertensive medications | 144 | (151±21) [114, 217] |  | (90±10) [75, 126] |  |
Medication type | |||||
 Amlodipine: Calcium channel blocker | 32 | (147±18) [124, 205] | 0.54 | (90±7) [75, 105] | 0.76 |
 Atenolol: Beta blocker | 22 | (147±15) [129, 177] |  | (90±6) [80, 101] |  |
 Amlodipine & Atenolol | 27 | (153±19) [130, 210] |  | (91±13) [75, 126] |  |
 Losartan: Receptor blocker (ARBs) | 23 | (152±23) [116, 200] |  | (88±10) [75, 115] |  |
 Amlodipine & Losartan | 15 | (144±25) [114, 208] |  | (92±14) [76, 118] |  |
Medication dose | |||||
 Twice per day | 7 | (150±28) [114, 193] | 0.53 | (96±15) [76, 118] | 0.28 |
 Once per day | 114 | (150±20) [116, 210] |  | (90±10) [75, 126] |  |
 Irregular | 23 | (155±25) [114, 217] |  | (91±10) [79, 121] |  |