Table 3.

Distribution of the sociodemographic characteristics in the normotensive and the hypertensive populations by gender.

		Hypertensive (total)	Normotensive	p value∗	Hypertensive		p value∗
					Male (n = 729)	Female (n = 529)
Locality	Southern Harbour	585	215	0.0001	124	91	0.0001
	Northern Harbour	731	340		195	145
	Southeastern	382	220		122	97
	Western	360	186		109	77
	Northern	423	163		91	72
	Gozo	208	134		87	46
Education	Low educational level	361	273	0.0001	160	201	0.0001
	Medium educational level	497	1034		284	213
	High educational level	399	1382		285	114
Employment status	Employed	625	1898	0.0001	473	153	0.0001
	Not in employment	632	791		256	376
Smoking habit	Smoking	268	691	0.003	192	76	0.001
	Nonsmoking	990	1999		537	453
Alcohol consumption	Alcohol consumption	1487	625	0.001	458	167	0.0001
	No-alcohol consumption	1203	633		271	361
Physical activity	No activity	290	98	0.015	45	53	0.084
	Walk	522	230		138	91
	Moderate activity	1585	783		458	325
	Vigorous activity	292	147		88	59

^∗Chi-square.