Table 2 BMI-wise prevalence of point-prehypertension and point-hypertension in the population
| Â | SEMI-URBAN AREA | URBAN AREA | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | BOYS | GIRLS | TOGETHER | BOYS | GIRLS | TOGETHER | ||||||||||||
Nutritional status | N | PHT (%) | HT (%) | N | PHT (%) | HT (%) | N | PHT (%) | HT (%) | N | PHT (%) | HT (%) | N | PHT (%) | HT (%) | N | PHT (%) | HT (%) |
Thin | 13 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 5 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
Normal | 215 | 28.4 | 5.6 | 177 | 21.5 | 3.4 | 392 | 25.3 | 4.6 | 138 | 31.9 | 15.2 | 183 | 21.9 | 14.8 | 321 | 26.2 | 15.0 |
Overweight/obese | 62 | 9.7 | 1.6 | 12 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 74 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 11 | 9.1 | 36.4 | 22 | 22.7 | 45.5 | 33 | 18.2 | 42.4 |
Total | 290 | 23.1 | 4.8 | 193 | 20.7 | 4.1 | 483 | 22.2 | 4.6 | 154 | 29.2 | 16.9 | 206 | 21.8 | 18.0 | 360 | 25.0 | 17.5 |