Table 1
Selected characteristics of people with hypertension, by sex, household population aged 60 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2009

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Table summary
This table displays the results of selected characteristics of people with hypertension. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), men, women, % or mean , 95% confidence interval and % or mean , calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Men Women
% or mean 95% confidence interval % or mean 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Demographic/Socio-economic  
Mean age (years) 68.4 67.6 69.1 68.6 67.6 69.6
Married/Common-law (%) 81.9Note * 76.8 86.1 62.3 54.0 69.9
Mean household income ($, adjusted for household size) 44,520Note * 38,507 50,533 35,868 31,069 40,667
Secondary school graduation (%) 61.1 54.2 67.5 60.8 51.8 69.1
Has regular doctor (%) 94.2 87.6 97.4 97.0 94.0 98.5
Health behaviours  
Current daily smoker (%) 8.7Note E: Use with caution 5.6 13.3 10.1Note E: Use with caution 6.4 15.7
Inactive level of leisure-time physical activity (%) 50.6Note * 43.3 57.9 62.4 54.8 69.5
Physical measures  
Mean body mass index 29.3 28.4 30.1 29.6 28.5 30.6
Obese (%) 37.8 30.9 45.2 37.1 30.0 44.9
Waist circumference in high-risk range (%) 55.3 47.9 62.6 65.5 55.5 74.3
Mean blood glucose level (mmol/L) 5.7 5.5 5.9 5.6 5.0 6.2
Mean ratio of total to HDL cholesterol 4.2Note * 4.0 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.8
Co-morbidity (%)  
Diabetes 21.0 15.3 28.1 20.4 16.0 25.7
Heart disease 25.4Note * 19.8 32.0 15.5Note E: Use with caution 10.5 22.2
Blood pressure (mm Hg)  
Systolic 125.3Note * 123.4 127.2 132.5 129.6 135.4
Diastolic 73.7 72.7 74.7 72.4 70.7 74.0
Pulse pressure 51.6Note * 53.3 49.9 60.1 61.9 58.3
Antihypertensive medication use (%)  
Any 84.4 79.7 88.3 89.3 84.7 92.7
Diuretic 18.5Note * 13.6 24.8 33.4 24.5 43.7
Calcium channel antagonist 22.3Note E: Use with caution 14.7 32.5 21.7Note E: Use with caution 14.3 31.5
Agent acting on renin-angiotension system 64.3 57.9 70.2 56.9 47.5 65.9
Beta-blocker 25.9 18.8 34.5 25.1Note E: Use with caution 16.9 35.6
Number of antihypertensive types used (%)  
None 15.6 11.7 20.3 10.7 7.4 15.2
One 48.0 41.2 54.9 48.9 40.3 57.5
Two 26.8 20.1 34.8 31.8 24.3 40.4
Three or more 9.6Note E: Use with caution 6.3 14.3 8.6Note E: Use with caution 5.3 13.6
* significantly different from women (p<0.05)
E use with caution
Note: Hypertension is measured systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg (≥130 mm Hg or ≥80 mm Hg for those with diagnosis of diabetes), or use of antihypertensive medication in the month before the CHMS interview.
Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.