Table 4.
Eight-year incidence rates of hypertension (HT) according to baseline blood pressure categories, WHO-SAGE, India.
| Baseline background characteristics | Eight-year incidence of HT | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal to hypertensive | Pre-hypertensive to hypertensive | Overall | |
| % | % | % | |
| Individual factors | |||
| Age groups (years) | |||
| <45 | 13.5 | 28.5 | 18.9 |
| 45–54 | 13.6 | 30.2 | 19.7 |
| 55–64 | 16.4 | 35.0 | 25.0 |
| 65–74 | 18.1 | 40.8 | 28.9 |
| 75+ | 36.0 | 28.8 | 33.8 |
| Sex | |||
| Men | 13.3 | 29.8 | 19.0 |
| Women | 16.7 | 32.9 | 23.9 |
| Education | |||
| No education | 12.6 | 28.5 | 19.1 |
| Primary | 15.3 | 28.8 | 20.0 |
| Secondary | 25.3 | 36.1 | 29.4 |
| Higher | 7.9 | 36.2 | 18.7 |
| Working status | |||
| Never worked | 17.6 | 40.2 | 27.6 |
| Not currently working | 18.0 | 29.1 | 22.4 |
| Currently working | 13.1 | 28.7 | 18.8 |
| Marital status | |||
| Currently married | 13.7 | 30.8 | 20.2 |
| Others | 20.4 | 33.5 | 25.8 |
| BMI categories (kg/m2) | |||
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 15.6 | 31.1 | 22.2 |
| Underweight (≤18.4) | 9.7 | 27.2 | 14.8 |
| Overweight/obese (≥25) | 29.2 | 38.5 | 33.7 |
| Stroke | |||
| No | 14.5 | 31.4 | 20.9 |
| Yes | 4.1 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| Diabetes | |||
| No | 14.3 | 31.4 | 20.8 |
| Yes | 17.1 | 22.9 | 18.9 |
| Chronic lung disease | |||
| No | 14.9 | 31.6 | 21.3 |
| Yes | 1.4 | 16.9 | 6.6 |
| Lifestyle factors | |||
| Moderate activity | |||
| No | 12.0 | 31.8 | 20.0 |
| Yes | 18.2 | 29.6 | 22.1 |
| Vigorous activity | |||
| No | 13.1 | 33.2 | 21.1 |
| Yes | 16.5 | 26.9 | 20.2 |
| Tobacco use | |||
| Never | 15.1 | 29.5 | 21.4 |
| Former | 3.9 | 80.5 | 36.8 |
| Occasional | 7.1 | 22.2 | 15.0 |
| Current | 14.6 | 30.1 | 19.8 |
| Alcohol use | |||
| No | 14.0 | 30.9 | 20.5 |
| Yes | 15.8 | 32.0 | 21.6 |
| Household factors | |||
| Wealth quintiles | |||
| Poorest | 9.5 | 29.7 | 15.8 |
| Poorer | 13.6 | 21.9 | 16.9 |
| Middle | 19.6 | 36.7 | 26.2 |
| Richer | 20.5 | 32.1 | 25.2 |
| Richest | 10.2 | 39.4 | 23.8 |
| Caste | |||
| SC/ST | 11.8 | 26.9 | 16.8 |
| OBC | 14.8 | 29.6 | 20.6 |
| Others | 17.7 | 42.9 | 28.8 |
| Religion | |||
| Hinduism | 14.2 | 32.6 | 21.3 |
| Islam | 16.9 | 20.8 | 18.4 |
| Others | 12.0 | 30.5 | 18.1 |
| Place of residence | |||
| Urban | 13.5 | 39.2 | 23.2 |
| Rural | 14.6 | 29.0 | 20.1 |
| Total | 14.4 | 31.1 | 20.8 |
SC/ST, schedule caste/schedule tribe; OBC, other backward classes; BMI, body mass index.