Table 4.

Sociodemographics, lifestyle, anthropometry and blood biochemical profile of patients with hypertension and diabetes.

Variables	Hypertensive		Diabetics
	% (n)	p Value for Chi-Square Test	% (n)	p Value for Chi-Square Test
Gender		NS		NS
Male	32.1 (117)		14.5 (53)
Female	38.0 (258)		15.0 (102)
Age		<0.001		<0.001
18–20	10.6 (5)		8.5 (4)
21–64	34.8 (307)		13.5 (119)
>64	59.6 (59)		32.3 (32)
Education		<0.001		<0.001
Primary school	48.6 (205)		21.1 (89)
Secondary school	30.4 (112)		11.9 (44)
Tertiary/University	23.6 (57)		11.7 (21)
Employment status		<0.001		0.013
Employed	32.6 (225)		12.3 (85)
Unemployed	21.9 (7)		18.8 (6)
Students	18.8 (9)		6.3 (3)
Unpaid domestic work	47.7 (74)		19.4 (30)
Retired	56.4 (57)		27.7 (28)
Marital status		<0.001		0.008
Single	23.9 (76)		8.2 (26)
Married	37.4 (192)		16.0 (82)
Divorced	49.6 (63)		18.9 (24)
Widowed	57.3 (43)		30.7 (23)
Smoking	22.5 (84)	NS	16.8 (26)	NS
Alcohol consumption	25.3 (95)	NS	23.2 (36)	NS
Low consumption of fruit and vegetables	90.1 (338)	NS	85.8 (133)	0.003
Low level of physical activity	71.3 (268)	NS	71.6 (111)	NS
Obesity	53.3 (163)	<0.001	52.7 (69)	<0.001
Central obesity	74.3 (223)	<0.001	70.8 (92)	0.001
BMI (kg/m2); mean ± SD	31.02 ± 7.23	<0.001 **	31.23 ± 6.97	<0.001 **
Waist circunference (cm); mean ± SD	100.98 ± 17.34	<0.001 **	101.15 ± 15.59	<0.001 **
Total cholesterol (mg/dL); mean ± SD	199.02 ± 43.66	0.005 *	196.63 ± 43.84	NS *
LDL-C (mg/dL); mean ± SD	120.07 ± 35.61	0.037 *	115.12 ± 35.59	NS *
HDL-C (mg/dL); mean ± SD	48.91 ± 10.74	NS **	48.45 ± 10.20	NS **
Triglycerides (mg/dL); mean ± SD	162.74 ± 112.12	<0.001 **	177.82 ± 137.19	0.002 **
Blood glucose (mg/dL); mean ± SD	105.44 ± 41.79	<0.001 **	128.31 ± 64.55	<0.001 **
Total risk factors; mean ± SD	5.10 ± 1.86	<0.001 **	5.13 ± 1.90	0.020 **

BMI = Body Mass Index; SD = Standard Deviation; * p value for t test; ** p value for Mann–Whitney U test.