Sexual Dimorphism in Blood Pressure and Hypertension among Adult Parengi Porjas of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Table 2

Age-sex specific descriptive statistics of the subjects.

Variables	Age group; (years)	Males			Females			𝑡
		𝑁	Mean	SD	𝑁	Mean	SD
Age; (years)	(23–32)	27	28.70	2.77	20	29.00	2.60	−0.372
	(33–42)	41	38.24	2.91	13	38.00	2.83	0.265
	(≥43)	32	50.28	3.57	4	47.50	2.89	1.493
	𝐹	100	360.827***		37	98.042***
SBP; (mm/Hg)	(23–32)	27	116.33	7.52	20	121.85	8.07	−2.409*
	(33–42)	41	122.39	9.74	13	121.15	10.86	0.388
	(≥43)	32	117.44	9.84	4	117.50	6.45	−0.012
	𝐹	100	4.332**		37	0.386
DBP; (mm/Hg)	(23–32)	27	65.26	9.55	20	64.40	14.41	0.246
	(33–42)	41	64.78	11.81	13	64.08	9.74	0.195
	(≥43)	32	68.97	9.25	4	57.00	2.45	2.545*
	𝐹	100	1.608		37	0.632
MAP; (mm/Hg)	(23–32)	27	82.28	7.72	20	83.55	9.73	−0.497
	(33–42)	41	83.98	8.45	13	83.10	5.62	0.351
	(≥43)	32	85.13	8.20	4	77.17	2.41	1.910
	𝐹	100	0.888		37	1.077

*Significance at (<0.05); **(<0.01); and ***(<0.001).