Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 13.24

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP), by minority ethnic group

Aged 5-15             1999

DBP (mmHg)
Minority ethnic group
      General
population
(1997)
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Boys              

Observed              
Mean DBP 57.1 59.7 60.9 58.0 59.4 55.8 56.8
Standard error of the mean 0.60 0.76 0.61 0.72 1.03 0.70 0.16
90th percentile 67.5 73.4 72.5 69.0 73.1 67.5 67.0
95th percentile 71.0 76.9 76.4 72.2 75.8 72.2 70.5

Age and height standardised
Regression coefficienta 0.14 2.87 4.23 1.48 3.14 -0.69 0
Standard error 0.67 0.96 0.71 1.05 1.10 0.93  

Girls

Observed
Mean DBP 58.2 59.2 59.2 60.5 60.1 57.7 57.5
Standard error of the mean 0.62 0.75 0.61 0.74 0.91 0.76 0.16
90th percentile 68.6 71.4 70.2 72.5 71.9 67.6 67.5
95th percentile 72.8 73.3 74.8 80.4 74.5 68.5 70.5

Age and height standardised
Regression coefficienta 0.42 1.43 1.52 3.27 2.79 0.11 0
Standard error 0.71 0.85 0.70 0.90 1.03 0.99  


Bases (weighted):
Boys 112 158 118 41 25 548 b
Girls 119 123 123 39 27 580 b

Bases (unweighted):
Boys 161 149 193 152 85 158 2429
Girls 174 118 194 142 77 155 2425


a
Equivalent to absolute difference in mean SBP standardised for age and height, compared with the general population. The reference value for the general population is consequently 0.

b The 1997 general population data are weighted according to the weighting scheme for that year's survey. Weighted bases are not shown because they do not follow the 1999 weighting scheme.

 

 


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