title: Distribution of blood pressure in a national sample of Malaysian adults.
abstract: We describe the distribution of blood pressure (BP) by age, sex and ethnicity in Malaysian adults. A national sample of 21,391 individuals aged 30 or older had usable data. They were selected by stratified 2-stage cluster sampling. BP was measured using an automated oscillometric device, Visomat. Percentile tables and curves by age, sex and ethnicity are presented. The systolic and diastolic BP distribution was right skewed and showed the expected increase with age. This was markedly so in Malay and other indigenous women; as a result they had most severe hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Suleiman
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Maimunah
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rozita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rashid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D017678:Sex Distribution