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. 2024 May 2;24:1211. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18686-5

Table 2.

Basic characteristics

Characteristics Total (%) Hypertension (%) Non-Hypertension (%) Χ2 -value P-value
Age (years) 100.785 < 0.001
 18–45 2159 (60.9) 375 (17.4) 1784 (82.6)
 45–60 1025 (28.9) 280 (27.3) 745 (72.7)
 ≥ 60 362 (10.2) 140 (38.7) 222 (61.3)
Gender 3.875 0.052
 Male 1622 (45.7) 388 (23.9) 1234 (76.1)
 Female 1924 (54.3) 407 (21.2) 1517 (78.8)
Ethic Group 0.326 0.568
 Han nationality 2195 (61.9) 499 (22.7) 1696 (77.3)
 Ethnic minorities 1351 (38.1) 296 (21.9) 1055 (78.1)
Marital status 17.390 < 0.001
 Unmarried 332 (9.4) 45 (13.6) 287 (86.4)
 Married/Cohabitation 2907 (82.0) 672 (23.1) 2235 (76.9)
 Divorce/ Separation 307 (8.7) 78 (25.4) 229 (74.6)
Location 7.056 0.008
 Urban 1118 (31.5) 220 (19.7) 898 (80.3)
 Rural 2428 (68.5) 575 (23.7) 1853 (76.3)
Income (yuan)a 15.802 0.007
 < 2000 490 (13.9) 129 (26.3) 361 (73.7)
 2000–3600 682 (19.4) 158 (23.2) 524 (76.8)
 3600–5200 586 (16.6) 133 (22.7) 453 (77.3)
 5200–8000 524 (14.9) 120 (22.9) 404 (77.1)
 8000–13500 648 (18.4) 149 (23.0) 499 (77.0)
 ≥ 13500 592 (16.8) 99 (16.7) 493 (83.3)
Educational status 46.042 < 0.001
 Illiteracy 528 (14.9) 171 (32.4) 357 (67.6)
 Elementary school 1265 (35.7) 297 (23.5) 968 (76.5)
 Junior high school 1158 (32.7) 223 (19.3) 935 (80.7)
 Senior high school 407 (11.5) 71 (71.4) 336 (82.6)
 Associate degree 133 (3.8) 24 (18.0) 109 (82.0)
 College 55 (1.6) 9 (16.4) 46 (83.6)
Occupation 14.416 0.013
 Unemployed person 511 (14.4) 114 (22.3) 397 (77.7)
 Other laborers 323 (9.1) 63 (19.5) 260 (80.5)
 Precision production, farming/ forestry/fishing 2190 (61.8) 529 (24.2) 1661 (75.8)
 Sales and service 182 (5.1) 30 (16.5) 152 (83.5)
 Professional specialty 286 (8.1) 48 (16.8) 238 (83.2)
 Managerial and administrative 54 (1.5) 11 (20.4) 43 (79.6)
Cigarette smoking a 9.878 0.007
 Current smoker 975 (28.6) 249 (25.5) 726 (74.5)
 Former smoker 123 (3.6) 36 (29.3) 87 (70.7)
 Never smoker 2306 (67.7) 492 (21.3) 1814 (78.7)
Alcohol use 8.467 0.004
 No 2932 (82.7) 630 (21.5) 2302 (78.5)
 Yes 614 (17.3) 165 (26.9) 449 (73.1)
BMI (kg/m2) 9.969 0.019
 < 18.5 218 (6.2) 38 (17.4) 180 (82.6)
 18.5–24.0 2311 (65.3) 502 (21.7) 1809 (78.3)
 24.0–28.0 841 (23.8) 204 (24.3) 637 (75.7)
 ≥ 28.0 171 (4.8) 50 (29.2) 121 (70.8)
Insufficient fruit intake a 0.952 0.329
 No 2394 (67.8) 525 (21.9) 1869 (78.1)
 Yes 1137 (32.2) 266 (23.4) 871 (76.6)
Insufficient vegetable intake a 5.181 0.023
 No 247 (7.0) 41 (16.6) 206 (83.4)
 Yes 3276 (93.0) 749 (22.9) 2527 (77.1)
Insufficient sleep 4.247 0.039
 No 3104 (87.5) 679 (21.9) 2425 (78.1)
 Yes 442 (12.5) 116 (26.2) 326 (73.8)
Excessive salt intake 4.007 0.045
 No 1010 (28.5) 204 (20.2) 806 (79.8)
 Yes 2536 (71.5) 591 (23.3) 1945 (76.7)
Dyslipidemia 1.679 0.195
 No 1309 (36.9) 309 (23.6) 1000 (76.4)
 Yes 2237 (36.1) 486 (21.7) 1751 (78.3)

a the variable has a missing value, BMI body mass index