Table I.
Prevalence of hypertension among Nicobarese population
| Variable (n) | Subcategory, n (%) | Hypertensive, n (%) [95% CI] |
| (975) | 492, (50.5) † [46.1-54.9] | |
| Sex (975) | Male, 424 (43.5) | 215, (50.7) [44.0-57.4] |
| Female, 551(56.5) | 277, (50.3) [44.4-56.2] | |
| Age (975) (yr) | 18-29<,270 (27.7) | 78, (28.9) [18.8-38.9] |
| 30-39<,251 (25.7) | 109, (43.4) [34.1-52.7] | |
| 40-49<,166 (17.0) | 100, (60.2) [50.6-69.8] | |
| 50-59<,152 (15.6) | 105, (69.1) [60.3-77.9] | |
| ≥60,136 (13.9) | 100, (73.5) [64.8-82.2] | |
| Education (824) | No-education,244 (29.6) | 146, (59.8) [51.8-67.8] |
| 1-5 yr, 139 (16.9) | 77, (55.4) [44.3-66.5] | |
| 6-10 yr, 357 (43.3) | 160, (44.8) [37.1-52.5] | |
| College,84 (10.2) | 27, (32.1) [14.5-49.7] | |
| Tobacco consumption (831) | No,100 (12.0) | 48, (48.0) [33.9-62.1] |
| Yes++,731 (88.0) | 363, (49.7) [44.6-54.8] | |
| Alcohol consumption (831) | No, 371 (44.6) | 168, (45.3) [37.8-52.8] |
| Yes,460 (55.4) | 243, (52.8) [46.5-59.1] | |
| KF score category (717) | ≤3,483 (67.4) | 234, (48.4) [42.0-54.8] |
| 4 – 6,210 (29.3) | 111, (52.90 [43.6-62.2] | |
| ≥7,24 (3.3) | 11, (45.8) [16.4-75.2] | |
| QF value category (458) | ≤72 (50th percentile),241 (52.6) | 127, (52.7) [44.0-61.4] |
| >72 (> 50th percentile), 217 (47.4) | 113, (52.1) [42.9-61.3] | |
| AUDIT score category (451) | <8,347 (76.9) | 185, (53.3) [46.1-60.5] |
| 8 – 15, 84 (18.6) | 45, (53.6) [39.0-68.2] | |
| 16 – 19, 10 (2.2) | 5, (50.0) [6.2-93.8] | |
| ≥20, 10 (2.2) | 3, (30.0) [-] | |
| Nutritional status (667) | Thinness, 34 (5.0) | 11, (32.4) [4.7-60.0] |
| Normal, 387 (58.0) | 159, (41.1) [30.5-48.7] | |
| Overweight, 172 (25.8) | 102, (59.3) [49.8-68.8] | |
| Obese, 74 (11.0) | 62, (83.3) [74.0-92.6] | |
†
The prevalence of hypertension adjusted to 2001 census was 47.2 per cent (Male: 46.4%; Female: 48.2%)
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Chewing (smokeless tobacco)-81 per cent; smoking-6.7 per cent; both-12.3 per cent, KF, Karl Fagerstrom nicotine tolerance questionnaire score; QF, Quantity Frequency value; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test