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. 2018 May 31;8:8508. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26823-5

Table 2.

Adherence to healthy behaviors among hypertensive subjects by awareness of hypertension status*.

Adherence to healthy behaviors Not aware (n=1213) Aware (n=1364) P-value Total (n=2577)
% 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Fruits
  Poor 44.79 38.76–50.82 46.24 40.90–51.56 0.603 45.36 40.74–49.96
  Moderate 19.31 16.25–22.36 20.72 16.91–24.53 19.86 17.55–22.17
  Good 35.90 30.69–41.09 33.04 28.09–37.97 34.78 30.45–39.11
Vegetables
  Poor 51.72 45.66–57.77 51.45 44.71–58.19 0.581 51.62 46.17–57.05
  Moderate 22.63 19.24–26.01 20.38 16.29–24.46 21.74 19.16–24.33
  Good 25.65 19.83–31.47 28.17 21.71–34.63 26.64 21.26–32.01
Dairy products
  Poor 46.90 40.25–53.55 47.53 41.54–53.51 0.801 47.15 41.33–52.95
  Moderate 30.30 25.67–34.91 31.27 26.58–35.96 30.68 27.01–34.34
  Good 22.80 16.80–28.79 21.20 16.50–25.88 22.17 17.29–27.06
Fast-food
  Poor 23.38 19.34–27.42 22.01 18.10–25.92 0.905 22.84 19.50–26.19
  Moderate 16.98 14.14–19.82 21.74 18.49–24.94 18.84 16.70–20.98
  Good 59.63 54.13–65.13 56.24 51.80–60.68 58.31 54.41–62.21
Sweet soft drinks
  Poor 41.79 37.56–46.03 41.06 36.59–45.54 0.298 41.51 38.29–44.73
  Moderate 25.19 22.12–28.27 27.33 23.40–31.26 26.03 23.38–28.67
  Good 33.01 28.19–37.82 31.59 27.73–35.44 32.45 29.08–35.82
Unsaturated oil
  Poor 41.11 34.75–47.46 39.76 32.79–46.72 0.653 40.58 34.66–46.50
  Good 58.89 52.53–65.24 60.24 53.27–67.21 59.41 53.49–65.33
Salt intake
  Poor 56.92 50.83–63.01 43.89 37.62–50.15 0.005 51.83 46.53–57.12
  Good 43.08 36.99–49.16 56.11 49.84–62.37 48.17 42.87–53.46
Physical activity
  Poor 31.77 26.24–37.29 38.46 31.54–45.37 0.016 34.38 28.81–39.94
  Moderate 31.21 26.80–35.61 30.92 25.27–36.56 31.10 26.98–35.21
  Good 37.03 32.13–41.91 30.62 26.92–34.30 34.52 30.79–38.25
Smoking
  Smoker 14.20 10.98–17.41 10.03 7.43–12.62 0.043 12.57 10.37–14.77
  Non-smoker 85.80 82.58–89.01 89.97 87.37–92.56 87.43 85.22–89.30
BMI
  Poor 70.96 66.42–75.48 75.41 71.08–79.74 0.166 72.70 69.53–75.86
  Good 29.04 24.51–33.57 24.59 20.25–28.92 27.30 24.13–30.46
Total lifestyle score
  Poor 44.22 38.03–50.41 43.91 38.40–49.41 0.885 44.10 38.92–49.28
  Moderate 27.77 23.32–32.23 26.85 23.11–30.58 27.42 24.11–30.72
  Good 27.79 22.35–33.64 29.24 23.62–34.86 28.48 23.74–33.22

CI; confidence interval. Values are reported as weighted percentage (Data were weighted based on the 2011 Iranian census). *Fruits (poor: eating no fruit per day, moderate: 1 serving unit per day, good: more than 2 serving unit per day); vegetables (poor: eating no vegetables per day, moderate: 1 serving unit per day, good: more than 2 serving unit per day); dairy products (poor: drinking ≤ 1 unit per day, moderate: drinking 2 units per day, good: drinking ≥ 3 units per day); fast food (poor: eating ≥ 2 days a week, moderate: eating 1 day a week, good: eating no fast food per week); soft drinks (poor: ≥ 2 days a week, moderate: drinking 1 day a week, good: no drinking per week); unsaturated oil (binary covariate, poor: no, good: yes); salt intake (poor: using salt with daily food, good: not using with daily food); physical activity (poor: < 30 minute per week, moderate: 30–180 minute per week, good: more than 180 minute per week); smoking (poor: smoker, good: non-smoker); BMI (poor: overweight, good: normal weight).