Differences in the relationship between social capital and hypertension in emerging vs. established economies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 3 Hypertension outcomes by level of social capital in South Africa and Ghana

	South Africa		p value	Ghana		p value
	Social Capital			Social Capital
	Low (n=1,989)	Med/High (n=2,006)		Low (n=1,784)	Med/High (n=3,301)
Hypertension (self-reported)			< 0.001			< 0.001
No	68.34%	74.60%		85.26%	89.36%
Yes	31.66%	25.41%		14.74%	10.64%
Hypertension (≥140/90)			0.06			< 0.001
No	53.59%	56.57%		64.74%	72.96%
Yes	46.41%	43.43%		35.26%	27.04%
Systolic Blood Pressure Mean (SD)	144.9 (27.1)	143.0 (26.7)	0.024	137.7 (26.7)	132.4 (24.5)	< 0.001
Diastolic Blood Pressure Mean (SD)	95.0 (18.1)	95.2 (18.4)	0.699	90.4 (17.5)	87.8 (16.7)	< 0.001

Bold indicates significance at the p<0.05 level using t-test and chi square tests for comparisons

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