Table 1. Association between health characteristics and the prevalence of hypertension & diabetes.
| Variable | Hypertension Status | Diabetes Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No hypertension (%) | Hypertension (%) | P-value | Non-diabetes (%) | Diabetes (%) | P-value | |
| Blood pressure ever checked | ||||||
| Yes | 3862 (68.9%) | 1742 (31.1%) | <0.001 | |||
| No | 1681 (86.6) | 259 (13.4%) | ||||
| Takes Medicine for Diabetes | ||||||
| Yes | 4131 (100%) | 2582 (89.4%) | <0.001 | |||
| No | 0 (0%) | 307 (10.6%) | ||||
| Presence of allopathic/MBBS doctors in the village | ||||||
| Yes | 2136 (71%) | 872 (29%) | <0.001 | 1755 (58.3%) | 1253 (41.7%) | 0.284 |
| No | 3407 (75.1%) | 1129 (24.9%) | 2704 (59.6%) | 1832 (40.4%) | ||
| Number of allopathic/MBBS doctors in the village | ||||||
| One | 521 (71.8%) | 205 (28.2%) | 0.341 | 446 (61.4%) | 280 (38.6%) | <0.001 |
| Two-five | 1283 (71.4%) | 514 (28.6%) | 1050 (58.4%) | 747 (41.6%) | ||
| Five+ | 302 (67.7%) | 144 (32.3%) | 248 (55.6%) | 198 (44.4%) | ||
| No Information | 30 (76.9%) | 09 (23.1%) | 11 (28.2%) | 28 (71.8%) | ||
| Presence of pharmacies in the village | ||||||
| Yes | 3694 (72.6%) | 1394 (27.4%) | 0.014 | 3030 (59.6%) | 2058 (40.4%) | 0.268 |
| No | 1849 (75.3%) | 607 (24.7%) | 1429 (58.2%) | 1027 (41.8%) | ||
| Number of pharmacies in the village | ||||||
| One | 473 (75.8%) | 151 (24.2%) | 0.082 | 405 (64.9%) | 219 (35.1%) | 0.002 |
| Two-five | 2336 (72.6%) | 880 (27.4%) | 1862 (57.9%) | 1354 (42.1%) | ||
| Five+ | 885 (70.9%) | 363 (29.1%) | 763 (61.1%) | 485 (38.9%) | ||
| Weekly Market | ||||||
| Short | 1883 (75.5%) | 610 (24.5%) | 0.027 | 1540 (61.8%) | 953 (38.2%) | 0.035 |
| Moderate | 802 (74.7%) | 271 (25.3%) | 641 (59.7%) | 432 (40.3%) | ||
| Long | 1179 (78.8%) | 318 (21.2%) | 863 (57.6%) | 634 (42.4%) | ||
| Post Office | ||||||
| Short | 2818 (71.3%) | 1135 (28.7%) | <0.001 | 2368 (59.9%) | 1585 (40.1%) | 0.151 |
| Moderate | 1203 (74.3%) | 419 (25.8%) | 963 (59.4%) | 659 (40.6%) | ||
| Long | 1522 (77.3%) | 447 (22.7%) | 1128 (57.3%) | 841 (42.7%) | ||
| Cinema Hall | ||||||
| Short | 1845 (69.6%) | 807 (30.4%) | <0.001 | 1587 (59.8%) | 1065 (40.2%) | 0.088 |
| Moderate | 1903 (74.8%) | 642 (25.2%) | 1460 (57.4%) | 1085 (42.6%) | ||
| Long | 1795 976.5%) | 552 (23.5%) | 1412 (60.2%) | 935 (39.8%) | ||
| Time to district headquarter | ||||||
| Short | 1429 (74%) | 502 (26%) | 0.008 | 1125 (58.3%) | 806 (41.7%) | 0.083 |
| Moderate | 1511 (77.4%) | 441 (22.6%) | 1187 (60.8%) | 765 (39.2%) | ||
| Long | 924 (18.3%) | 256 (21.7%) | 732 (62%) | 448 (38%) | ||