Correlates Male (n=80) Female (n=88) t- value (d.f.=166)
Mean S.D.±S.E. Mean S.D.±S.E.
Age 32.45 14.94±1.67 31.49 14.31±1.53 0.42
Systolic pressure (mmHg) 121.10 16.07±1.80 123.16 17.62±4.88 0.79
Diastolic pressure (mmHg) 81.04 12.97±1.45 80.04 11.86±1.26 0.52
Pulse rate 81.94 13.83±1.55 90.34 16.09±1.71 3.61*
Height (cm) 154.25 9.63±1.08 148.52 8.39±0.89 4.12*
Weight (kg) 46.51 9.06±1.01 40.25 7.47±0.80 4.90*
BMI 19.40 2.78±0.31 18.13 2.48±0.26 3.12*
Bicep skin-fold 8.46 2.91±0.32 7.87 2.48±0.26 1.41
Triceps skin-fold 7.96 2.35±0.26 7.63 1.47±0.16 1.08
Sub-scapular skin-fold 7.81 1.83±0.20 7.75 1.97±0.21 0.18
Calf skin-fold 8.57 2.50±0.28 8.30 2.09±0.22 0.78
*Significant at 0.05 level of probability
Table 2: Mean. S.D. and S.E. of the correlates of hypertension.
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