Abstract
To estimate the prevalence of hypertension among the aged in urban area, the blood pressure was examined on the subjects of 565 men and 762 women of 65 years old and older among the residents of Nam-Ku and Soosung-Ku in Taegu between January and December, 1986. The mean systolic blood pressure was in male and in female. The mean diastolic blood pressure was in male and in female. There was no significant differences between male and female in both mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure. According to WHO category, the prevalence of pure systolic hypertension (160/95mmHg) was 6.0% in male and 3.9% in female. The prevalence of both systolic and diastolic hypertension () was 13.5% in male and 12.9% in female. According to joint National Committee category, the percentage of normal blood pressure (/115mmHg) was 2.3% in male and 3.0% in female. The prevalence of borderline isolated systolic hypertension (140-159/160/
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