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Table 6 Distribution of blood pressure pattern according to body mass index

From: Hypertension and prehypertension among adolescents in secondary schools in Enugu, South East Nigeria

BMI

Normal (%)

Prehypertension (%)

Hypertension (%)

 

χ2

p-value

Underweight

177 (6.6)

26 (1.0)

16 (0.6)

219 (8.1)

222.6

0.01

Normal

1723 (64)

326 (12.1)

87 (3.2)

2136 (79.3)

2193.5

0.01

Overweight

163 (6.1)

98 (3.6)

26 (1.0)

287 (10.7)

98.2

0.01

Obese

18 (0.7)

17 (0.6)

17 (0.6)

52 (1.9)

0.038

0.98

Total

2081 (77.3)

467 (17.3)

146 (5.4)

2694 (100)

2395.1

0.01