Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Patients Admitted with a Hypertensive Crisis at the Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics, risk factors, and comorbidities.

Variable	Male (n = 49)	Female (n = 46)	Overall (n = 95)	value
Age (years), mean (SD)	52.7 ± 13.2	49.3 ± 16.7	51.1 ± 14.9	0.28
History of hypertension, n (%)	37 (75.5)	34 (73.9)	71 (74.7)	0.72
Treatment of hypertension, n (%)	11 (22.4)	12 (26.1)	23 (24.2)	0.82
Chronic kidney disease, n (%)	12 (24.5)	10 (21.7)	22 (23.2)	0.71
Diabetes, n (%)	5 (10.2)	8 (17.4)	13 (13.7)	0.33
Alcohol, n (%)	26 (53.1)	5 (10.9)	31 (32.6)	<0.0001
Smoking, n (%)	6 (12.2)	0	6 (6.3)	0.03
Previous stroke, n (%)	4 (8.2)	0	4 (4.2)	0.04
Ischemic heart disease, n (%)	1 (2)	0	1 (1.1)	0.33
Dyslipidemia, n (%)	1 (2)	0	1 (1.1)	0.33
Heart failure, n (%)	4 (8.2)	1 (2.2)	5 (5.3)	0.18