Table 2.
Background characteristics of the survey participants
| Characteristicsa | Normal Pressure, (n = 8102) | Pre‐Hypertension, (n = 3856) | Hypertension, (n = 2899) | Overall, (N = 14 857)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBP, median (IQR), mm Hg | 104 (98‐110) | 120 (114‐126) | 141 (129‐154) | 112 (103‐124) |
| DBP, median (IQR), mm Hg | 71 (66‐75) | 82 (80‐85) | 93 (89‐99) | 77 (70‐84) |
| Take anti‐hypertensive | ‐‐ | ‐‐ | 585 (20.2) | 585 (3.9) |
| Age, years | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 28 (20‐43) | 38 (26‐52) | 51 (38‐62) | 35 (23‐31) |
| 15‐24 | 3187 (39.3) | 762 (19.8) | 154 (5.3) | 4103 (27.6) |
| 25‐34 | 1928 (23.8) | 845 (21.9) | 351 (12.1) | 3124 (21.0) |
| 35‐44 | 1178 (14.5) | 792 (20.5) | 569 (19.6) | 2505 (17.1) |
| 45‐54 | 786 (9.7) | 623 (16.2) | 607 (20.9) | 2016 (13.6) |
| 55‐64 | 565 (7.0) | 447 (11.6) | 579 (20.0.) | 1591 (10.7) |
| ≥65 | 458 (5.6) | 387 (10.1) | 638 (22.0) | 1483 (10.0) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1923 (36.1) | 1861 (48.2) | 1463 (50.4) | 6247 (42.0) |
| Female | 5179 (63.9) | 1995 (51.8) | 1436 (49.6) | 8610 (58.0) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 20.4 (18.6‐22.6) | 21.9 (19.8‐24.6) | 23.1 (20.4‐26.3) | 21.2 (19.1‐23.9) |
| <18.5 | 1877 (23.4) | 519 (13.6) | 316 (11.1) | 2712 (18.5) |
| 18.5‐24.9 | 5193 (64.6) | 2382 (62.4) | 1492 (52.6) | 9067 (61.7) |
| 25‐29.9 | 818 (10.2) | 746 (19.6) | 789 (27.8) | 2354 (16.0) |
| ≥30 | 150 (1.9) | 168 (4.4) | 237 (8.4) | 555 (3.8) |
| Education | ||||
| No formal education | 2689 (33.2) | 1529 (39.6) | 1372 (47.4) | 5590 (37.6) |
| Primary | 1278 (15.8) | 659 (17.1) | 529 (18.3) | 2466 (16.6) |
| Secondary or above | 4136 (51.0) | 1666 (43.2) | 996 (34.4) | 6798 (45.8) |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | 1426 (17.6) | 776 (20.1) | 463 (16.0) | 2666 (17.9) |
| Poorer | 1552 (19.2) | 765 (19.9) | 565 (19.5) | 2882 (19.4) |
| Middle | 1744 (21.5) | 747 (19.4) | 486 (16.8) | 2978 (20.0) |
| Richer | 1884 (23.2) | 811 (21.0) | 564 (19.5) | 3259 (21.9) |
| Richest | 1495 (23.3) | 755 (19.6) | 821 (28.3) | 3071 (20.7) |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Rural | 4915 (60.7) | 2326 (60.3) | 1871 (64.6) | 9112 (61.3) |
| Urban | 3187 (39.3) | 1530 (39.7) | 1028 (35.4) | 5744 (38.7) |
| Ecological zone | ||||
| Mountain | 549 (6.8) | 240 (6.2) | 162 (5.6) | 951 (6.4) |
| Hill | 3280 (40.5) | 1802 (46.7) | 1459 (50.4) | 6542 (44.0) |
| Terai | 4274 (52.7) | 1813 (47.0) | 1277 (44.1) | 7365 (49.6) |
| Division | ||||
| Province 1 | 1471 (18.2) | 656 (17.0) | 493 (17.0) | 2620 (17.6) |
| Province 2 | 1918 (23.7) | 658 (17.1) | 454 (15.7) | 3031 (20.4) |
| Province 3 | 1644 (20.3) | 849 (22.0) | 745 (25.7) | 3239 (21.8) |
| Province 4 | 659 (8.1) | 466 (12.1) | 408 (14.1) | 1533 (10.3) |
| Province 5 | 1189 (14.7) | 716 (18.6) | 519 (17.9) | 2424 (16.3) |
| Province 6 | 461 (5.7) | 190 (4.9) | 111 (3.8) | 762 (5.1) |
| Province 7 | 758 (9.4) | 319 (8.3) | 168 (5.8) | 1246 (8.4) |
a
Column percentage unless otherwise specified.
b
Numbers may not add up to total because of missing values.
DBP, diastolic blood pressure; IQR, inter‐quartile range; SBP, systolic blood pressure.