Table 2 Predicted prevalence (presented as proportion of hypertensives and 95% confidence interval) of hypertension across different age groups, stratified by gender in NFHS-SAGE and LASI datasets

35–39

23.37 (22.25–24.50)

17.61 (17.24–17.99)

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

40–44

29.17 (27.86–30.48)

23.66 (23.20-24.12)

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

45–49

31.23 (29.95–32.52)

29.37 (28.86–29.87)

32.12 (30.14–34.11)

28.21 (25.74–30.68)

50–54

30.51 (25.31–35.72)

37.61 (33.24–41.98)

36.87 (32.41–41.34)

38.65 (34.95–42.35)

55–59

34.21 (28.74–39.69)

42.29 (37.68–46.90)

38.44 (34.44–42.43)

41.88 (39.36–44.39)

60–64

37.21 (32.81–41.62)

43.50 (39.05–47.94)

44.40 (41.81–46.98)

48.06 (45.94–50.17)

65–69

38.81 (33.34–44.28)

50.71 (44.13–57.29)

48.36 (45.90-50.82)

53.88 (50.05–57.71)

> 70

46.59 (42.12–51.06)

51.43 (46.63–56.23)

46.96 (44.54–49.38)

60.14 (57.39–62.88)