Table 4. Lifestyle-change awareness about hypertension in hypertensives and non hypertensives.

Lifesytle-change awareness	Non-hypertensives (n=422)		Hypertensives (n=78)		Total (n=500)		χ2/p
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Reducing worry or anxiety in life	368	87.2	74	94.9	442	88.4	Fisher's/0.050
Cutting down on salt	364	86.3	70	89.7	434	86.8	0.699/0.403
Losing weight	341	80.8	74	94.9	415	83.0	Fisher's/0.002
Exercising regularly	325	77.0	71	91.0	396	79.2	7.845/0.005
Eating less fatty foods	307	72.7	60	76.9	367	73.4	0.588/0.443
Measuring blood pressure	291	69.0	55	70.5	346	69.2	0.075/0.785
Cutting down on cigarette smoking	275	65.2	65	83.3	340	68.0	9.985/0.002
Avoiding too much alcohol	247	58.5	55	70.5	302	60.4	3.952/0.047
Going to doctor regularly	228	54.0	44	56.4	272	54.4	0.151/0.698
Drinking less coffee and tea	222	52.6	50	53.8	272	54.4	3.507/0.061
Reducing sugars in foods	189	44.8	42	53.8	231	46.2	2.174/0.140