Table 2.
The distribution of respondents’ characteristics
| Variable | n (%) | High blood pressure (%) | Anemia (%) | Body mass index (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (%) | Underweight | Overweight | Obesity | ||||
| Age | |||||||
| 15–19 | 99,944 (21.2) | 1.3 | 41.5 | 72.8 | 18.6 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| 20–24 | 86,128 (18.3) | 3.0 | 41.4 | 73.1 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 3.1 |
| 25–29 | 82,221 (17.5) | 4.6 | 40.6 | 66.9 | 9.2 | 17.7 | 6.2 |
| 30–34 | 67,361 (14.3) | 5.5 | 40.2 | 61.8 | 8.6 | 20.3 | 9.4 |
| 35–39 | 56,964 (12.1) | 7.5 | 41.9 | 58.3 | 8.8 | 21.4 | 11.5 |
| 40–44 | 42,935 (9.1) | 10.6 | 42.6 | 55.7 | 9.5 | 21.8 | 13.0 |
| 45–49 | 34,863 (7.4) | 14.1 | 40.4 | 54.9 | 10.2 | 21.7 | 13.2 |
| Residence | |||||||
| Urban | 171,897 (36.5) | 7.2 | 39.9 | 57.8 | 8.6 | 21.7 | 11.8 |
| Rural | 299,361 (63.5) | 4.5 | 41.8 | 70.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 3.9 |
| Educational level | |||||||
| None | 154,399 (32.8) | 3.4 | 46.8 | 69.3 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 3.9 |
| Primary | 157,612 (33.4) | 6.1 | 39.2 | 66.4 | 11.0 | 16.2 | 6.4 |
| Secondary | 139,247 (29.6) | 5.8 | 38.5 | 62.7 | 9.8 | 18.5 | 9.0 |
| Higher | 19,945 (4.2) | 9.4 | 30.8 | 49.3 | 5.9 | 27.1 | 17.7 |
| Religion | |||||||
| Christianity | 292,827 (65.6) | 5.6 | 37.2 | 65.3 | 10.0 | 17.2 | 7.4 |
| Islam | 127,841 (28.7) | 5.0 | 48.3 | 65.6 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 5.6 |
| Others/no religion | 25,420 (5.7) | 4.0 | 44.0 | 69.2 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 4.8 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Never married | 122,194 (25.9) | 2.1 | 38.5 | 69.8 | 16.3 | 10.9 | 3.1 |
| Married/currently living with a partner | 349,063 (74.1) | 6.9 | 42.0 | 64.0 | 9.8 | 18.0 | 8.2 |
| Wealth index | |||||||
| Poorest | 93,862 (19.9) | 3.3 | 45.5 | 72.2 | 16.3 | 9.5 | 2.1 |
| Poorer | 88,301 (18.7) | 4.9 | 43.4 | 71.3 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 3.3 |
| Middle | 88,733 (18.8) | 5.4 | 42.0 | 68.8 | 11.2 | 15.0 | 5.0 |
| Richer | 93,190 (19.8) | 6.6 | 39.7 | 63.0 | 9.5 | 19.2 | 8.3 |
| Richest | 107,172 (22.7) | 7.0 | 36.3 | 54.5 | 7.9 | 23.4 | 14.2 |
| Working | |||||||
| Not currently | 187,389 (41.3) | 5.1 | 41.9 | 67.0 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 5.1 |
| Currently working | 266,513 (58.7) | 5.6 | 40.6 | 64.4 | 9.4 | 18.0 | 8.2 |
| Number of children | |||||||
| Nulliparous | 124,666 (26.5) | 1.8 | 39.5 | 69.6 | 16.4 | 11.1 | 2.9 |
| 1–4 | 224,224 (47.7) | 6.9 | 40.9 | 64.4 | 9.3 | 18.0 | 8.3 |
| 4+ | 121,526 (25.8) | 7.0 | 43.6 | 63.6 | 10.3 | 18.1 | 8.1 |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||||
| No | 81,066 (76.1) | 5.6 | 35.5 | 63.5 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 7.4 |
| Yes | 25,492 (23.9) | 1.6 | 27.6 | 62.6 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 8.3 |
| Currently smoke | |||||||
| No | 433,319 (97.6) | 5.4 | 40.9 | 65.4 | 10.8 | 16.7 | 7.2 |
| Yes | 10,866 (2.4) | 7.5 | 40.1 | 62.6 | 21.0 | 11.1 | 5.3 |
| Exercise | |||||||
| No | 27,424 (80.4) | 6.3 | 31.8 | 57.0 | 10.6 | 21.2 | 11.2 |
| Yes | 6692 (19.6) | 9.3 | 26.5 | 57.5 | 11.1 | 19.9 | 11.5 |
| Fruit consumption | |||||||
| Low | 7047 (38.4) | 5.2 | 29.7 | 56.8 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 11.2 |
| Moderate | 5128 (27.9) | 3.9 | 31.1 | 56.3 | 8.4 | 20.7 | 14.5 |
| High | 6174 (33.6) | 4.8 | 33.6 | 50.9 | 5.5 | 25.2 | 18.5 |
| Vegetable consumption | |||||||
| Low | 5405 (29.0) | 5.5 | 31.3 | 55.8 | 11.5 | 20.2 | 12.4 |
| Moderate | 5156 (27.7) | 3.7 | 31.9 | 55.9 | 9.7 | 20.9 | 13.5 |
| High | 8062 (43.3) | 4.9 | 31.2 | 52.8 | 7.2 | 23.1 | 16.9 |