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Table 1 Scio-demographic characteristics of study participants by blood pressure categories

From: Factors associated with grade 1 hypertension: implications for hypertension care based on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) in primary care settings

Variables

Hypertension categories

pvalue

Normotensive

Pre-HT

Grade 1 HT

Grade 2/3 HT

 

(N = 94)

(N = 217)

(N = 320)

(N = 48)

 

Age (years, SD)

53.41 (2.49)

54.02 (3.45)

54.15 (4.15)

54.42 (4.02)

0.332

Gender, %

     

Male

18 (19.1%)

83 (38.2%)

166 (51.9%)

32 (66.7%)

<0.001

Female

76 (80.9%)

134 (61.8%)

154 (48.1%)

16 (33.3%)

 

Living status, %

     

Living alone

6 (6.4%)

14 (6.5%)

6 (1.9%)

4 (8.3%)

0.022

Living with others

88 (93.6%)

202 (93.5%)

314 (98.1%)

44 (91.7%)

 

Marital status, %

     

Single

7 (7.4%)

19 (8.8%)

6 (1.9%)

3 (6.3%)

<0.001

Married

77 (81.9%)

183 (84.7%)

309 (96.6%)

42 (87.5%)

 

Divorced/separated

8 (8.5%)

11 (5.1%)

4 (1.3%)

2 (4.2%)

 

Widowed

2 (2.1%)

3 (1.4%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (2.1%)

 

Education level, %

     

Illiteracy

2 (2.2%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (2.2%)

0.340

Primary school

9 (9.8%)

25 (11.8%)

41 (13.2%)

2 (4.3%)

 

Middle school

14 (15.2%)

43 (20.4%)

64 (20.6%)

12 (26.1%)

 

High school

47 (51.1%)

98 (46.4%)

150 (48.2%)

16 (34.8%)

 

Undergraduate or above

20 (21.7%)

44 (20.9%)

55 (17.7%)

15 (32.6%)

 

Employment, %

     

Unemployed

14 (14.9%)

12 (5.6%)

61 (19.1%)

9 (18.8%)

<0.001

Employed

63 (67.0%)

166 (76.9%)

226 (70.6%)

32 (66.7%)

 

Retired

17 (18.1%)

38 (17.6%)

33 (10.3%)

7 (14.6%)

 

Monthly household income, %

    

$0-$9,999

32 (41.6%)

54 (29.0%)

25 (7.9%)

7 (17.9%)

<0.001

$10,000-$19,999

17 (22.1%)

56 (30.1%)

77 (24.4%)

13 (33.3%)

 

$20,000-$29,999

10 (13.0%)

33 (17.7%)

62 (19.7%)

7 (17.9%)

 

$30,000-$39,999

12 (15.6%)

22 (11.8%)

86 (27.3%)

9 (23.1%)

 

$40,000 and above

6 (7.8%)

21 (11.3%)

65 (20.6%)

3 (7.7%)

 
  1. HT, hypertension; SD, Standard Deviation.