Table 2.
Habits, lifestyles and personal background in the Mura indigenous individuals. Autazes - Amazonas, Brazil
| Variables | Hypertension | p-values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 334) | Yes (n = 121) | Total Sample (N = 445) | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Smoking | ||||
| Yes | 78 (23.4) | 15 (12.4) | 93 (20.4) | < 0.001a |
| No | 256 (76.6) | 106 (87.6) | 362 (79.6) | |
| Ex-Smoker | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Alcohol intake | ||||
| Yes | 141 (42.2) | 42 (34.7) | 183 (40.2) | 0.161a |
| No | 193 (57.8) | 79 (77.0) | 272 (59.8) | |
| Physical activity | 0.457a | |||
| Sedentary/irregularly active | 180 (53.9) | 60 (49.6) | 240 (52.7) | |
| Active | 154 (46.1) | 61 (50.4) | 215 (47.3) | |
| Fat in food preparation | ||||
| Olive oil | 10 (3.0) | 4 (3.3) | 14 (3.1) | 1.000a |
| Animal fat or lard | 17 (5.1) | 15 (12.4) | 32 (7.0) | 0.012a |
| Vegetable oil | 333 (99.7) | 117 (96.7) | 450 (98.9) | 0.019b |
| Add salt to meals | ||||
| Yes | 181 (54.2) | 52 (43.0) | 233 (51.2) | 0.043a |
| No | 153 (45.8) | 69 (57.0) | 222 (48.8) | |
| Personal background | ||||
| Heart problems | 12 (3.6) | 18 (14.9) | 30 (6.6) | < 0.001a |
| Stroke | 4 (1.2) | 11 (9.1) | 15 (3.3) | < 0.001b |
| Diabetes mellitus | 8 (2.4) | 15 (12.4) | 23 (5.1) | < 0.001a |
| Dyslipidaemias | 32 (9.6) | 35 (29.2) | 67 (14.7) | < 0.001a |
aFisher’s exact test
bPearson’s chi-square test