Table 1.
Fequency distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (n=555)
| Characteristics | Total N (%) | Male (n=222) N (%) | Female (n=333) N (%) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||||
| <40 | 31 (5.6) | 21 (9.5) | 10 (3.0) | <0.001 | |||
| 40–65 | 328 (59.0) | 159 (71.6) | 169 (50.7) | <0.001 | |||
| >65 | 196 (35.3) | 42 (18.9) | 154 (46.2) | <0.001 | |||
| Level of education | |||||||
| Illiterate | 311 (56.0) | 0 (0.0) | 311 (93.4) | <0.001 | |||
| Primary/private education | 51 (9.2) | 29 (13.1) | 22 (6.6) | <0.001 | |||
| Secondary | 99 (17.8) | 99 (44.6) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | |||
| High school or more | 94 (16.9) | 94 (42.3) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 20 (3.6) | 18 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 492 (88.6) | 161 (72.5) | 333 (99.4) | <0.001 | |||
| Others | 43 (7.7) | 43 (19.3) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | |||
| Occupation | |||||||
| Employed | 125 (22.5) | 98 (44.1) | 27 (8.1) | <0.001 | |||
| Unemployed | 124 (22.3) | 124 (55.8) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | |||
| House wife | 306 (55.1) | 0 (0.0) | 306 (91.9) | <0.001 | |||
| Smoking status | |||||||
| Current smoker | 146 (26.3) | 84 (37.8) | 62 (18.6) | <0.001 | |||
| Past smoker | 91 (16.4) | 25 (11.3) | 66 (19.8) | <0.001 | |||
| Non smoker | 318 (57.3) | 113 (50.9) | 205 (61.6) | <0.001 | |||
| BMI ≥ 25 | 187 (33.7) | 97 (43.7) | 90 (27.0) | 0.16 | |||
| Blood pressure control | 121 (21.8) | 54 (24.3) | 67 (20.1) | 0.367 | |||
| Lack of regular physical exercise | 216 (38.7) | 98 (44.1) | 118 (35.4) | <0.001 | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 62 (11.2) | 31 (14.0) | 31 (9.3) | 0.088 | |||
| Family history of hypertension | 296 (53.3) | 103 (46.4) | 193 (57.9) | 0.015 | |||
| Family history of ischemic heart disease | 83 (14.9) | 40 (18.0) | 43 (12.9) | 0.017 | |||
| Family history of diabetes mellitus | 82 (14.8) | 40 (18.0) | 42 (12.6) | 0.012 | |||
| Hypercholesterolemia | 236 (42.5) | 92 (41.4) | 144 (43.2) | 0.753 |