Table 3.
Adjusted* and unadjusted prevalence of hypertension in Golestan Cohort Study, Iran, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), United States
| Iran (Golestan Cohort Study) | USA (NHANES III) | ||
| Unadjusted | Overall | 32.5 (0.5) † | 30.1 (1.0) |
| Men | 29.8 (0.7) | 27.5 (1.2) | |
| Women | 34.5 (0.7) | 32.7 (1.1) | |
| Adjusted | Overall | 33.8 (0.5) | 29.9 (0.8) |
| Men | 29.4 (0.7) | 28.7 (1.2) | |
| Women | 35.7 (0.7) | 30.5 (0.7) |
*Adjustments for age have been performed in both populations to the 2000 US standard population using 5-year age groups.
† Data presented as: percent (standard error)