Table 8.
Prevalence of hypertension and related variables in different dwelling areas in Ladakh region
| n | Rural areas | Urban: Leh town |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwellers in Leh town | Migrants from Changthang | |||
| 1798 | 683 | 319 | ||
| Age (years) | 54.9±14.6 | 49.0±15.9 | 58.2±12.3 | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension (%) | 33.5 (31.3–35.7) | 41.1 (37.4–44.8) | 48.3 (42.8–53.8) | <0.0001 |
| BMI ≥25 (%) | 19.3 (17.5–21.1) | 30.2 (26.8–33.6) | 40.9 (35.5–46.3) | <0.0001 |
| SpO2 | 88.8±5.6 | 90.7±4.2 | 92.3±3.2 | <0.0001 |
| SpO2 <89 (%) | 40.6 (38.3–42.9) | 21.7 (18.6–24.8) | 10.1 (6.8–13.4) | <0.0001 |
| Altitude (m) | 3543.2±534.1 | 3449.0±86.9 | 3491.9±39.6 | <0.0001 |
| Occupation (%) | ||||
| Farmer | 66.8 (64.6–69.0) | 6.3 (4.5–8.1) | 0.9 (0–1.9) | |
| Nomad | 12.0 (10.5–13.5) | 0 | 1.3 (0.1–2.5) | |
| Sedentary | 8.0 (6.7–9.3) | 47.0 (43.3–50.7) | 26.6 (21.8–31.4) | |
| Others | 13.2 (11.6–14.8) | 46.7 (43.0–50.4) | 71.2 (66.2–76.2 | |
| Housewife | 2.6 (1.9–3.3) | 27.2 (23.9–30.5) | 28.8 (23.8–33.8) | |
| Manual labourer | 0 | 0.9 (0.2–1.6) | 17.9 (13.7–22.1) | |
| Monk | 6.8 (5.6–8.0) | 5.0 (3.4–6.6) | 0.3 (0–0.9) | |
| No job | 1.5 (0.9–2.1) | 5.9 (4.1–7.7) | 22.3 (17.7–26.9) | |
| Retired sedentary | 2.3 (1.6–3.0) | 7.8 (5.8–9.8) | 1.9 (0.4–3.4) | |
p; χ2 Test for the comparison of the prevalence of hypertension and BMI≥25 (%) among the three groups, and ANOVA for the comparison of mean age among the three groups.
ANOVA, analysis of variance; BMI, body mass index; SpO2, oxyhaemoglobin saturation measured by a pulse oximeter.