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

Table 3

Types of hypertensive emergencies.

Types of hypertensive emergencies	Male (n = 28)	Female (n = 28)	Overall (n = 56)	value
Hypertensive encephalopathy, n (%)	1 (3.5)	1 (3.5)	2 (3.5)	NA
Cerebral infarction, n (%)	5 (17.9)	4 (14.3)	9 (16.1)	0.716
Intracerebral hemorrhage, n (%)	6 (21.4)	6 (21.4)	12 (21.4)	NA
Acute left ventricular failure, n (%)	12 (42.9)	13 (46.4)	25 (44.6)	0.794
Acute coronary syndrome, n (%)	2 (7.1)	0	2 (3.6)	0.155
Undetermined CVA, n (%)	2 (4.1)	1 (2.2)	3 (3.2)	0.687
Acute kidney injury, n (%)	2 (4.1)	2 (4.3)	4 (4.2)	0.971
Hypertensive retinopathy, n (%)	1 (2)	0	1 (1.1)	0.456