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. 2014 Mar 6;15:42. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-15-42

Table 3.

Prevalence of risk factors in HTN population

Characteristic
Result
HTN-Yes
HTN-No
p-value
 
 
N = 2578
N = 3351
 
    n % n %  
Age
< 40 years
515
20
1701
50.8
 
 
≥ 40 years
2063
80
1650
49.2
<0.0001
Gender
Female
1095
42.5
1572
46.9
 
 
Male
1482
57.5
1779
53.1
0.0007
Education
≤ 8th grade
1011
39.2
1540
46.0
 
 
9th to some college
837
32.5
1069
31.9
 
 
College grad/Post grad
715
27.7
724
21.6
0.0007
Occupation
Manual labor*
391
15.2
899
26.8
 
 
Own business/salaried
867
33.6
1128
33.7
 
 
Student
18
0.7
122
3.6
 
 
Sedentary**
1275
49.5
1171
34.9
0.0007
Income
≤ 125 $/month
1477
57.3
2295
68.5
 
 
> 125 $/month
980
38.0
939
28.0
<0.0001
Urabn
 
1502
58.3
1535
45.8
 
Rural
 
1076
41.7
1815
54.2
<0.0001
Obesity status:
 
 
 
 
 
Body mass index
< 23 Kg/M 2
789
30.6
1904
56.8
 
 
≥ 23 Kg/M 2
1772
68.7
1436
42.9
<0.0001
Body mass index✝✝
< 27 Kg/M 2
1709
66.3
2804
83.7
 
 
≥ 27 Kg/M 2
852
33.0
536
16.0
<0.0001
Body mass index✝✝✝
< 30 Kg/M 2
2100
81.5
3090
92.2
 
 
≥ 30 Kg/M 2
461
17.9
250
7.5
<0.0001
Abdominal
No
965
37.4
2149
64.1
 
Obesity
Yes
1461
56.7
1087
32.4
<0.0001
Current Smoker or tobacco chewer
No
1875
72.7
2418
72.2
 
Yes
516
20.0
765
22.8
0.0312
Current Smoker & tobacco chewer
No
2322
90.1
3054
91.1
 
Yes
45
1.7
94
2.8
0.0117
Self reported DM
No
1892
73.4
2905
86.7
 
 
Yes
570
22.1
263
7.8
<0.0001
Diabetes mellitus♦
No
1801
69.9
2862
85.4
 
 
Yes
672
26.1
343
10.2
<0.0001
Family H/o HTN
No
1967
76.3
2697
80.5
 
 
Yes
607
23.5
647
19.3
<0.0001
Urine-protein
Absent/trace
2045
79.3
2981
89.0
 
 
> = 1+
489
19.0
310
9.3
<0.0001
CKD♦ ♦
No
1801
69.9
2814
84.0
 
 
Yes
606
23.5
358
10.7
<0.0001
Center type
Urban
1355
52.6
1284
38.3
 
 
Rural
974
37.8
1618
48.3
 
  Mixed population 249 9.7 449 13.4 0.0051

P value < 0.05 is significant.

* - includes categories of occupation – agriculture workers, laborers, cowherds.

** - includes, homemakers (housewives), retired, unemployed and others.

✝ - Body Mass Index - ≥ 23 Kg/M2 includes overweight and obese as per Asian cutoff.

✝✝ - Obese as per Asian cutoff.

✝✝✝ - Obese as per conventional cutoff.

⊙ - Waist circumference ≥ 90 cms in males or ≥ 80 cms in females.

- Diabetes Mellitus (DM) = Fasting blood sugar ≥ 126 or non-fasting blood sugar ≥ 200 or if self reported D.M or on anti diabetic medication.

♦ ♦ - MDRD-GFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 or proteinuria ≥ 1+ on dipstick.