Table 1.
Age, sex, and educational distribution of patients with hypertension, COPD, and comorbidity in urban and rural sites
| Age, sex, and education |
Dhaka (urban) |
Matlab (rural) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPD | Hypertension | Comorbidity | COPD | Hypertension | Comorbidity | |
|
Age |
54.4 ± 15.1 |
55.5 ± 13.7 |
63.2 ± 10.2 |
63.6 ± 13.5 |
62.3 ± 11.9 |
68.9 ± 10.8 |
| Mean ± std | ||||||
| Median |
54.6 |
56.3 |
62.5 |
64.4 |
62.8 |
69.6 |
| % of female patients |
25.0 |
53.3 |
32.1 |
24.7 |
57.9 |
32.4 |
|
Level of education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % of none |
46.2 |
22.0 |
35.8 |
43.5 |
29.3 |
41.9 |
| % of primary (class I-V) |
25.5 |
26.0 |
34.0 |
37.3 |
40.7 |
32.4 |
| % of secondary + (class VI+) |
28.2 |
52.0 |
30.2 |
19.2 |
30.0 |
25.7 |
| No. of patients (N) | 184 | 246 | 53 | 292 | 140 | 74 |