Table 4.
Association between personal and behavioral characteristics and HTN.
| Risk factor | Number of subjects, n (%) | Number of hypertensives, n (%) | Test statistic (χ 2) | P value |
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| Smoking | ||||
| Current smokers | 83 (46.4%) | 37 (44.6%) | 0.669 | 0.449 |
| Never smoked or quit smoking before 1 year | 96 (53.6%) | 37 (38.5%) | ||
| Current smokers who smoked less than 10 pack-years | 61 (73.05%) | 24 (39.3%) | 2.552 | 0.137 |
| Current smokers who smoked 10 pack years or more | 32 (26.5%) | 13 (59.0%) | ||
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| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| Takes alcohol | 124 (69.3%) | 56 (45.2%) | 2.429 | 0.140 |
| Does not take alcohol | 55 (30.7%) | 18 (32.7%) | ||
| Does not take alcohol or takes occasionally | 162 (90.5%) | 64 (39.5%) | 2.429 | 0.140 |
| Takes alcohol on most days | 17 (9.5%) | 10 (58.8%) | ||
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| Pan or tobacco chewing | ||||
| Absent | 151 (84.4%) | 64 (42.4%) | 0.433 | 0.539 |
| Present | 28 (15.6%) | 10 (58.8%) | ||
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| Gets irritated often | ||||
| No | 89 (46.9%) | 36 (42.9%) | 0.150 | 0.407 |
| Yes | 95 (53.1%) | 38 (40.0%) | ||
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| Sleep | ||||
| Adequate | 129 (72.1%) | 56 (43.4%) | 0.816 | 0.232 |
| Inadequate | 50 (27.9%) | 18 (36.0%) | ||
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| Physical activity | ||||
| Adequate | 70 (39.1%) | 43 (39.4%) | 0.411 | 0.538 |
| Inadequate | 109 (60.9%) | 31 (44.3%) | ||