| Aged 16 and over with
valid blood pressure readings |
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1999 |
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| Systolic
blood pressure, diastolic blood
pressure, mean arterial pressure and pulse pressure (mmHg) |
Minority ethnic group
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General
population
(1998)a
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| Black |
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Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
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| Men |
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| Observed |
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| Systolic blood pressure
(SBP) |
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| Mean |
136.4 |
134.0 |
129.7 |
126.5 |
130.6 |
135.8 |
136.8 |
| Standard error of the mean |
1.03 |
0.86 |
0.90 |
1.15 |
1.17 |
0.94 |
0.24 |
| Median |
133.3 |
131.5 |
128.0 |
124.5 |
127.9 |
135.0 |
134.0 |
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| Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) |
| Mean |
74.7 |
77.7 |
72.5 |
72.9 |
75.7 |
76.3 |
76.2 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.77 |
0.65 |
0.71 |
0.80 |
0.97 |
0.65 |
0.17 |
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| Mean arterial pressure (MAP) |
| Mean |
97.4 |
98.9 |
94.1 |
93.7 |
96.9 |
98.3 |
98.9 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.83 |
0.71 |
0.72 |
0.90 |
0.96 |
0.74 |
0.19 |
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| Pulse pressure |
| Mean |
61.6 |
56.3 |
57.2 |
53.6 |
54.9 |
59.4 |
60.6 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.76 |
0.63 |
0.66 |
0.86 |
0.96 |
0.69 |
0.17 |
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| Standardised ratios of means |
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| Mean SBP |
1.00 |
1.00 |
0.98 |
0.94 |
0.97 |
1.00 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Mean DBP |
1.00 |
1.03 |
0.99 |
0.99 |
1.01 |
1.00 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Mean MAP |
1.00 |
1.02 |
0.99 |
0.97 |
0.99 |
1.00 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Mean pulse pressure |
1.00 |
0.95 |
0.97 |
0.89 |
0.92 |
1.00 |
1 |
| Standard error
of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
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| Women |
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| Observed |
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| Systolic blood pressure (SBP) |
| Mean |
129.4 |
126.2 |
122.9 |
120.2 |
125.2 |
130.4 |
132.5 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.95 |
1.01 |
0.95 |
0.94 |
1.27 |
0.94 |
0.26 |
| Median |
125.3 |
121.5 |
118.2 |
117.0 |
121.8 |
125.6 |
128.0 |
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| Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) |
| Mean |
72.2 |
71.6 |
68.7 |
69.6 |
71.0 |
71.8 |
72.3 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.59 |
0.58 |
0.61 |
0.67 |
0.82 |
0.50 |
0.15 |
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| Mean arterial pressure (MAP) |
| Mean |
94.5 |
92.9 |
89.6 |
89.3 |
91.6 |
94.2 |
95.4 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.70 |
0.74 |
0.72 |
0.76 |
0.98 |
0.62 |
0.18 |
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| Pulse pressure |
| Mean |
57.1 |
54.6 |
54.3 |
50.6 |
54.2 |
58.7 |
60.3 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.65 |
0.70 |
0.64 |
0.68 |
0.81 |
0.72 |
0.19 |
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| Standardised ratios of means |
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| Mean SBP |
1.01 |
0.99 |
1.02 |
0.97 |
0.98 |
0.99 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Mean DBP |
1.01 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
1.00 |
0.99 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Mean MAP |
1.02 |
1.01 |
1.01 |
0.99 |
0.99 |
0.99 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| Mean pulse pressure |
1.00 |
0.97 |
1.02 |
0.92 |
0.96 |
0.99 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
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| Bases (weighted): |
| Men |
201 |
388 |
192 |
56 |
56 |
990 |
a |
| Women |
291 |
400 |
208 |
63 |
70 |
1373 |
a |
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| Bases (unweighted): |
| Men |
287 |
401 |
319 |
214 |
173 |
339 |
5401 |
| Women |
432 |
418 |
361 |
258 |
219 |
460 |
6483 |
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