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Table 4 Changes in prehypertensive status in women

From: Factors influencing the progression from prehypertension to hypertension among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a 2-year longitudinal study

Women(n = 1364)

Normal BP[n(%)] = 470 (34.5%)

pre-HT[n(%)] = 524 (38.4%)

HT[n(%)] = 370 (27.1%)

χ2/H/F

P -value

SBP(mmHg)

127.29 ± 6.14

128.39 ± 5.79

129.89 ± 6.11

19.424

 < 0.001a

DBP(mmHg)

75.36 ± 7.36

75.28 ± 6.92

75.57 ± 7.78

0.178

0.837a

Age group(years), n(%)

   

20.472

0.002b

45–54

189(40.1)

185(39.3)

97(20.6)

  

55–64

175(32.4)

205(38.0)

160(29.6)

  

65–74

77(30.7)

91(36.3)

83(33.1)

  

 ≥ 75

28(27.7)

43(42.6)

30(29.7)

  

Missing, n

1

0

0

2.021

0.364c

Single

76(37.6)

79(39.1)

47(23.3)

  

Married or cohabiting

394(33.9)

445(38.3)

323(27.8)

  

Region, n(%)

   

1.661

0.436c

Urban

57(31.1)

70(38.3)

56(30.6)

  

Rural

412(35.1)

451(38.4)

312(26.6)

  

Missing, n

1

3

2

  

Education level, n(%)

   

6.567

0.161b

Primary and lower

372(35.1)

389(36.7)

299(28.2)

  

Junior/secondary/vocational school

89(32.4)

123(44.7)

63(22.9)

  

College and higher

9(31.0)

12(41.4)

8(27.6)

  

Current smoking status, n(%)

   

7.645

0.022c

Yes

105(39.9)

82(31.2)

76(28.9)

  

No

365(33.2)

442(40.1)

294(26.7)

  

Alcohol habits, n(%)

   

0.682

0.711c

Yes

98(34.5)

104(36.6)

82(28.9)

  

No

371(34.4)

419(38.9)

288(26.7)

  

Missing, n

1

1

0

  

Social activity, n(%)

   

2.134

0.344c

No

214(35.3)

220(36.3)

172(28.4)

  

Yes

256(33.8)

304(40.1)

198(26.1)

  

BMI, n(%)

   

22.435

 < 0.001b

Normal

231(38.1)

237(39.0)

139(22.9)

  

Underweight

30(46.2)

21(32.3)

14(21.5)

  

Overweight

148(32.1)

176(38.2)

137(29.7)

  

Obese

49(24.4)

83(41.3)

69(34.3)

  

Missing, n

12

7

11

  

Abdominal obesity, n(%)

   

19.079

 < 0.001c

No

124(42.2)

118(40.1)

52(17.7)

  

Yes

346(32.3)

406(37.9)

318(29.7)

  

Health status, n(%)

   

4.509

0.341b

Good

104(33.3)

120(38.5)

88(28.2)

  

Fair

235(32.5)

289(40)

199(27.5)

  

Poor

122(39.1)

111(35.6)

79(25.3)

  

Missing, n

9

4

4

  

Chronic disease, n(%)

   

4.997

0.288b

0

160(35.4)

176(38.9)

116(25.7)

  

1

144(34.9)

166(40.2)

103(24.9)

  

 ≥ 2

159(33.8)

167(35.5)

145(30.8)

  

Missing, n

7

15

6

  

Sleep duration (h/night), n(%)

   

6.363

0.607b

 ≥ 7and < 8

79(32.2)

106(43.3)

60(24.5)

  

 < 6

169(35.1)

173(35.9)

140(29.0)

  

 ≥ 6and < 7

90(35.0)

104(40.5)

63(24.5)

  

 ≥ 8and < 9

79(35.1)

83(36.9)

63(28.0)

  

 ≥ 9

24(29.6)

36(44.4)

21(25.9)

  

Missing, n

29

22

23

  

Nap time(min/day), n(%)

   

7.661

0.022b

0

234(51.9)

274(53.6)

160(44.8)

  

 > 0 and < 30

29(6.4)

37(7.2)

24(6.7)

  

 ≥ 30 and < 60

43(9.5)

49(9.6)

40(11.2)

  

 ≥ 60

145(32.2)

151(29.5)

133(37.3)

  

Missing, n

19

13

13

  
  1. Abbreviations: BP Blood pressure, pre-HT Prehypertension, HT Hypertension, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, BMI Body mass index
  2. aP-values are derived from One-way ANOVA test
  3. bP-values are derived from Kruskal–Wallis test
  4. cP-values are derived from Chi-square test