Table 3. Individual characteristics of overall samplea.
| Total Pooled Sample | Hypertension Only | Diabetes Only | Hypertension-Diabetes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Unweighted, N | Weighted, % | Unweighted, N | Weighted, % | Unweighted, N | Weighted, % | Unweighted, N | Weighted, % |
| Overall b | 280,783 | 89,906 | 11,958 | 16,210 | ||||
| Female | 205,591 | 52.8 | 64,655 | 54.1 | 7,979 | 53.2 | 10,908 | 57.5 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 40–49 | 211,925 | 48.0 | 60,933 | 41.0 | 8,171 | 45.3 | 7,979 | 28.6 |
| 50–59 | 45,559 | 33.9 | 17,867 | 36.8 | 2,557 | 36.6 | 4,579 | 41.4 |
| 60–69 | 23,300 | 18.1 | 11,106 | 22.2 | 1,230 | 18.1 | 3,652 | 30.1 |
| Education | ||||||||
| No schooling | 107,461 | 22.2 | 30,657 | 21.4 | 3,348 | 15.3 | 3,905 | 16.0 |
| Primary | 66,361 | 36.9 | 22,563 | 36.7 | 3,189 | 37.1 | 4,606 | 35.9 |
| Secondary or higher | 105,962 | 40.9 | 36,338 | 41.9 | 5,337 | 47.6 | 7,552 | 48.1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||
| <18.5 | 31,744 | 6.6 | 6,426 | 4.5 | 811 | 3.6 | 355 | 1.3 |
| 18.5–<25.0 | 140,762 | 40.3 | 39,084 | 34.7 | 4,798 | 31.6 | 4,226 | 19.8 |
| 25.0–<30.0 | 69,850 | 28.8 | 27,025 | 30.9 | 3,864 | 33.5 | 5,742 | 31.3 |
| ≥30.0 | 36,962 | 24.3 | 16,875 | 29.9 | 2,353 | 31.3 | 5,684 | 47.6 |
| Current tobacco smoker | 62,926 | 20.3 | 18,517 | 18.0 | 2,509 | 21.1 | 2,555 | 15.2 |
a Individuals aged -69 years old with non-missing diabetes biomarkers and blood pressure measurements who reported not being pregnant were included. Proportions are calculated using weights provided by the individual surveys, readjusted such that each country is weighted equally.
bAmong the total pooled sample, 89,906 (38.9% of the population-weighted sample) lived with hypertension only, 11,958 (4.9%) lived with diabetes only, and 16,210 (9.4%) lived with both hypertension and diabetes (hypertension-diabetes).