Prevalence of Risk Factors of Retinal Diseases among Patients in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Table 3
Distribution of blood pressure and blood sugar levels among the patients (N = 255).
Frequency (%) of patients in different categories of hypertension
value
Normal
Pre-HTN
HTN
HTN crisis
Cannot be categorized
Total
Gender
Male
23
57
52
6
7
145
0.137
Female
31
34
33
5
7
110
Total
54 (21.2)
91 (35.7)
85 (33.3)
11 (4.3)
14 (5.5)
255 (100.0)
Age group
30–40
11
7
9
2
1
30
0.231
41–50
13
30
15
1
6
65
51–60
14
26
24
5
3
72
61–70
14
23
26
3
2
68
≥71
2
5
11
0
2
20
Total
54 (21.2)
91 (35.7)
85 (33.3)
11 (4.3)
14 (5.5)
255 (100.0)
Frequency (%) of patients in different categories of diabetes
value
Normal
Prediabetes
Diabetes
Cannot be categorized
Total
Gender
Male
57
43
30
15
145
0.779
Female
36
36
25
13
110
Total
93 (36.5)
79 (31.0)
55 (21.6)
28 (11.0)
255 (100.0)
Age group
30–40
11
10
7
2
30
0.484
41–50
27
20
9
9
65
51–60
20
21
20
11
72
61–70
26
20
17
5
68
≥71
9
8
2
1
20
Total
93 (36.5)
79 (31.0)
55 (21.6)
28 (11.0)
255 (100.0)
HTN = hypertension, there was no record of the blood pressure of 14 patients and the blood sugar level of 28 patients and so they could not be categorized.
