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. 2009 Sep;9(3):193–199.

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%)