Table 2.
Association of sociodemographic characteristics with hypertension.
| Variables | Categories | Hypertension | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Gender | Male | 93 (38.4) | 149 (61.6) | 0.011 |
| Female | 98 (28.4) | 247 (71.6) | ||
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| Age groups | <30 years | 7 (5.9) | 111 (94.1) | <0.001 |
| 30–39 years | 22 (16.1) | 115 (83.9) | ||
| 40–49 years | 71 (47.3) | 79 (52.7) | ||
| 50–59 years | 45 (45.0) | 55 (55.0) | ||
| ≥60 years | 46 (56.1) | 36 (43.9) | ||
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| Education | No formal education | 72 (41.9) | 100 (58.1) | <0.01 |
| Primary and lower | 33 (39.8) | 50 (60.2) | ||
| Secondary | 37 (28.7) | 92 (71.3) | ||
| Higher secondary | 22 (22.2) | 77 (77.8) | ||
| Bachelor and higher | 27 (26.0) | 77 (74.0) | ||
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| Ethnicity | Brahman | 54 (26.2) | 152 (73.8) | 0.049 |
| Chetri | 55 (32.2) | 116 (67.8) | ||
| Newar | 46 (38.7) | 73 (61.3) | ||
| Other | 36 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | ||
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| Occupation | Job | 32 (31.7) | 69 (68.3) | 0.725 |
| Self-employed | 43 (30.5) | 98 (69.5) | ||
| Homemaker | 85 (35.1) | 157 (64.9) | ||
| Others | 31 (30.1) | 72 (69.9) | ||
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| Marital status | Unmarried | 8 (11.8) | 60 (88.2) | <0.001 |
| Married | 167 (34.3) | 320 (65.7) | ||
| Others (separated or widow) | 16 (50.0) | 16 (50.0) | ||
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| Socioeconomic status | Below poverty line | 95 (33.3) | 190 (66.7) | 0.665 |
| Above poverty line | 94 (31.6) | 203 (68.4) | ||
Note: primary and lower education, grade 1–5; secondary, grade 6–10; higher secondary, grade 11-12; job, governmental or nongovernmental employment; self-employed, working for oneself as a freelancer or the owner of a business or working in own farm; homemaker, a person, especially a housewife, who manages a home; other occupation, volunteer or student or unemployed or retired; below poverty line, income less than 40,933 Nepalese Rupees per annum.