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Table 3 Sex-Specific Age-Adjusted Prevalence1 for Hypertension by Educational Categories

From: Educational health disparities in hypertension and diabetes mellitus among African descent populations in the Caribbean and the USA: a comparative analysis from the Spanish town cohort (Jamaica) and the Jackson heart study (USA)

Characteristic

Spanish Town Cohort

Jackson Heart Study

Male

Female

Male

Female

Age-Adjusted Prevalence

%

%

%

%

More than High School

27.1 (19.9, 34.4)

25.4 (19.2, 31.5)

58.4 (55.6, 61.2)

61.6 (59.6, 63.7)

High School

20.0 (12.5, 27.4)

23.1 (16.2, 30.0)

60.3 (55.5, 65.1)

65.8* (62.7, 69.2)

Less than High School

21.7 (18.8–24.6)

27.5 (25.0, 30.0)

62.2 (57.5, 66.9)

67.6** (64.5, 70.7)

  1. 1Estimate derived from study and sex-specific Poisson regression models adjusted for age (entered as a categorical variable with three categories) and body mass index. Estimates take into account the clustering of persons within families for the JHS
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, as based on prevalence differences