Table 1.
Distribution of high blood pressure by age, marital status, and gender.
| Variable | Total, n | High blood pressure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men, n (%) | Women, n (%) | Total, n (%) | Proportion of the study population (%) | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| <30 | 319 | 18 (5.64) | 12 (3.76) | 30 (9.40) | 4.29 |
| 30–39 | 123 | 2 (1.63) | 10 (8.13) | 12 (9.76) | 1.71 |
| 40–49 | 87 | 13 (14.94) | 11 (12.64) | 24 (27.59) | 3.43 |
| ≥50 | 171 | 34 (19.88) | 43 (25.15) | 77 (45.03) | 11.00 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Unmarried | 253 | 16 (6.32) | 10 (3.95) | 26 (10.28) | 3.71 |
| Married | 426 | 46 (10.80) | 59 (13.85) | 105 (24.65) | 15.00 |
| Widowed | 6 | 3 (50.00) | 1 (16.67) | 4 (66.67) | 0.57 |
| Divorced | 15 | 2 (13.33) | 6 (40.00) | 8 (53.33) | 1.14 |
| Profession | |||||
| Farmers | 34 | 2 (5.88) | 2 (5.88) | 4 (11.76) | 0.57 |
| Drivers | 26 | 5 (19.23) | 0 (0.00) | 5 (19.23) | 0.71 |
| Traders | 139 | 19 (13.67) | 3 (2.16) | 22 (15.83) | 0.03 |
| Students | 125 | 9 (7.20) | 7 (5.60) | 16 (12.80) | 2.28 |
| Household workers | 224 | 22 (9.82) | 45 (20.09) | 67 (29.91) | 9.57 |
| Civil servants | 117 | 0 (0.00) | 7 (5.98) | 7 (6.19) | 1.00 |
| Unemployed | 35 | 10 (28.57) | 2 (5.71) | 12 (34.29) | 1.71 |
| Level of education | |||||
| Uneducated | 92 | 3 (3.26) | 8 (8.70) | 11 (11.96) | 1.57 |
| Coranic | 107 | 16 (14.95) | 18 (16.82) | 34 (31.78) | 4.86 |
| Primary | 121 | 8 (6.61) | 20 (16.53) | 28 (23.14) | 4.00 |
| Secondary | 288 | 32 (11.11) | 26 (9.03) | 58 (20.14) | 8.29 |
| Higher | 92 | 8 (8.70) | 4 (4.35) | 12 (13.04) | 1.71 |
| Religion | |||||
| Atheist | 2 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.00 |
| Christian | 235 | 17 (7.23) | 18 (7.66) | 35 (14.89) | 5.00 |
| Muslim | 463 | 50 (10.80) | 58 (12.53) | 108 (23.33) | 15.42 |