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Table 3 Prevalence of hypertension in the Moluccan-Dutch study population and native Dutch control group

From: Higher self-reported prevalence of hypertension among Moluccan-Dutch than among the general population of the Netherlands: results from a cross-sectional survey

 

Men

Women

 

Moluccan-Dutch (n = 341)

General Dutch pop. (n = 1621)

p

Moluccan-Dutch (n = 367)

General Dutch pop. (n = 1769)

p

Hypertension by age categories (%)

  

0.0081

  

0.1221

30 – 39

9.5

5.1

0.381

6.5

5.1

0.745

40 – 49

16.3

10.9

0.262

20.3

11.7

0.056

50 – 59

31.0

20.5

0.004

25.3

24.5

0.837

60 – 65

27.0

29.4

0.638

40.0

27.8

0.022

Total group

26.4

16.7

<0.0012

26.7

17.9

<0.0012

  1. 1: p-value of the Chi-square statistic for distribution between Moluccan-Dutch and native Dutch.
  2. 2: p-value of the Chi-square statistic for difference in hypertension prevalence between Moluccan-Dutch and native Dutch.