Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of all the Subjects by Blood Pressure Status (N=405)
| Variable | <140/90 (n = 281) | >140/90 (n = 124) | Total (N = 405) | |
| Age Group | 18–26 | 76(27.1%) | 20 (16.1%) | 96 (23.7%) |
| 27–35 | 132 (47.0%) | 50 (40.3%) | 182 (44.9%) | |
| 36–44 | 73 (26.0%) | 54 (43.6%) | 127 (31.4%) | |
| Sex | Male | 101 (35.9%) | 53 (42.7%) | 154 (38.0%) |
| Female | 180 (64.1%) | 71 (57.3%) | 251 (62.2%) | |
| Marital Status | Single | 91 (32.4%) | 35 (28.2%) | 126 (31.1%) |
| Married | 184 (65.7%) | 85 (68.5%) | 269 (66.4%) | |
| Divorced | 6 (2.1%) | 3 (2.4%) | 9 (2.2%) | |
| Widowed | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Education | No formal | 4 (1.4%) | 3 (2.4%) | 7 (1.7%) |
| Primary School | 52 (18.5%) | 28 (22.6%) | 80 (19.8%) | |
| Secondary school | 124 (44.1%) | 50 (40.3%) | 174 (43.0%) | |
| Polytechnic/COE | 66 (23.5%) | 24 (19.4%) | 90 (22.2%) | |
| University | 35 (12.5%) | 19 (15.3%) | 54 (13.9%) | |
| Occupation | Student | 68 (24.2%) | 14 (11.3%) | 82 (20.3%) |
| Unemployed | 4 (1.4%) | 3 (2.4%) | 7 (1.4%) | |
| Manual(unskilled) | 168 (59.8%) | 77 (62.1%) | 245 (60.8%) | |
| Manual (skilled) | 13 (4.6%) | 11 (8.9%) | 24 (5.9%) | |
| Professional | 28 (10.0%) | 19 (15.3%) | 47 (11.7%) | |
| Religion | Christian | 136 (48.4%) | 66 (53.2%) | 202 (49.9%) |
| Muslim | 145 (51.6%) | 58 (46.8%) | 203 (50.1%) |