Table 3 Blood pressure categorized in the freshman and senior years
From: Association of hypertension with changes in the body mass index of university students
Sex | Academic year | Blood pressure categorized | All subjects | Non-hypertensive subjects in freshmen | SS&SCCS | SHSS | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Freshman year | Normotensive | 2966 (72.4) | 2966 (78.9) | 1371 (68.5) | 1595 (76.1) | *** |
High normotensive | 791 (19.3) | 791 (21.1) | 437 (21.8) | 354 (16.9) | |||
Hypertensive | 341 (8.3) | – | 195 (9.7) | 146 (7.0) | |||
Senior year | Normotensive | 2507 (61.2) | 2373 (63.2) | 1229 (61.4) | 1278 (61.0) | NS | |
High normotensive | 999 (24.4) | 903 (24.0) | 475 (23.7) | 524 (25.0) | |||
Hypertensive | 592 (14.4) | 481 (12.8) | 299 (14.9) | 293 (14.0) | |||
Female | Freshman year | Normotensive | 1967 (94.5) | 1967 (95.6) | 956 (92.9) | 1011 (96.2) | ** |
High normotensive | 91 (4.4) | 91 (4.4) | 58 (5.6) | 33 (3.1) | |||
Hypertensive | 22 (1.1) | – | 15 (1.5) | 7 (0.7) | |||
Senior year | Normotensive | 1863 (89.5) | 1849 (89.9) | 910 (88.5) | 953 (90.7) | NS | |
High normotensive | 174 (8.4) | 167 (8.1) | 100 (9.7) | 74 (7.0) | |||
Hypertensive | 43 (2.1) | 42 (2.0) | 19 (1.8) | 24 (2.3) |