Table 1. Description of the characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics	Levels	No. (%)
Age (years)	Median (IQR)	32 (25–44)
Sex	Male	1468 (40.3)
	Female	2178 (59.7)
Residence	Urban	1030 (28.3)
	Rural	2616 (71.7)
Level of education	No formal education	577 (15.8)
	Primary education	1479 (40.6)
	Secondary education	1233 (33.8)
	University or tertiary	357 (9.8)
Region	Central	1294 (35.5)
	Eastern	964 (26.4)
	Northern	779 (21.4)
	Western	609 (16.7)
Total blood cholesterol	Hypercholesterolemic	313 (8.6)
	Not hypercholesterolemic	3333 (91.4)
Income (USD)	<277	116 (3.2)
	278–2,777	1951 (53.5)
	≥2778	1579 (43.3)
Marital status	Never married	583 (16.0)
	Married or co-habiting	2412 (66.2)
	Separated/widowed/divorced	651 (17.8)
A daily serving of fruits	Yes	366 (10.0)
	No	3280 (90.0)
Dietary salt intake	Rarely or never	1939 (53.2)
	Always	435 (12.0)
	Often/ or sometimes	1272 (34.8)
Daily servings of vegetables	Yes	298 (8.2)
	No	3348 (92.8)
Smoking status	Never	3390 (93.0)
	Smoked between 1–10 tobacco products	213 (5.8)
	Smoked > 10 tobacco products	43 (1.2)
Alcohol drinking	Yes	1742 (47.8)
	No	1904 (52.2)
Physical activity	Yes	3029 (83.1)
	No	617 (16.9)
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/l)	Normal	3553 (97.5)
	Impaired	67(1.8)
	Diabetic	26 (1)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	Underweight	319 (8.8)
	Normal weight	2506 (68.7)
	Overweight	585 (16.0)
	Obese	236 (6.5)
Hypertensive based on only SBP ≥140 mm/Hg	No	3015 (82.7)
	Yes	631 (17.3)
Hypertensive based on only DBP ≥90 mm/Hg	No	2866 (78.6)
	Yes	780 (21.4)
Hypertensive based on both SBP (≥140 mm/Hg) or DBP (≥90 mm/Hg)	No	2696 (73.9)
	Yes	950 (26.1)
Central obesity	Normal	2480 (68.1)
	Obese	1166 (31.9)

IQR = Interquartile range; USD: United States Dollar.