Table 1.
Characteristics of community participants with hypertension
| Total (n=873) |
Men (n=360) |
Women (n=513) |
P value | |
| Mean (SD)/ n (%) |
Mean (SD)/ n (%) |
Mean (SD)/ n (%) |
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| Age (years) | 65 (9.5) | 65 (9.9) | 66 (9.2) | 0.075 |
| Marriage status | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 757 (86.7) | 346 (96.1) | 411 (80.1) | |
| Single/divorced/widowed | 116 (13.3) | 14 (3.9) | 102 (19.9) | |
| Education | <0.001 | |||
| Primary school or no | 183 (21.0) | 53 (14.7) | 130 (25.3) | |
| High school | 544 (62.3) | 232 (64.4) | 312 (60.8) | |
| College or higher | 146 (16.7) | 75 (20.8) | 71 (13.8) | |
| Employment | <0.001 | |||
| Employed | 145 (16.6) | 91 (25.3) | 54 (10.5) | |
| Unemployed | 132 (15.1) | 44 (12.2) | 88 (17.2) | |
| Retired | 596 (68.3) | 225 (62.5) | 371 (72.3) | |
| Personal incomes | <0.001 | |||
| ≤¥1500 (US$225) | 307 (35.2) | 94 (26.1) | 213 (41.5) | |
| >¥1500 (US$225) | 566 (64.8) | 266 (73.9) | 300 (58.5) | |
| Health insurance | 0.170 | |||
| UEMI | 636 (72.9) | 271 (75.3) | 365 (71.2) | |
| URMI | 103 (11.8) | 32 (8.9) | 71 (13.8) | |
| NCMS | 100 (11.5) | 43 (11.9) | 57 (11.1) | |
| Uninsured | 34 (3.9) | 14 (3.9) | 20 (3.9) | |
| BMI | ||||
| Underweight | 10 (1.1) | 2 (0.6) | 8 (1.6) | 0.377 |
| Normal | 304 (34.8) | 120 (33.3) | 184 (35.9) | |
| Overweight | 412 (47.2) | 178 (49.4) | 234 (45.6) | |
| Obese | 147 (16.8) | 60 (16.7) | 87 (17.0) | |
| WC | ||||
| Normal | 229 (26.2) | 144 (40.0) | 85 (16.6) | <0.001 |
| Obese | 644 (73.8) | 216 (60.0) | 428 (83.4) | |
| Smoking status | <0.001 | |||
| Smoking | 239 (27.4) | 216 (60.0) | 23 (4.5) | |
| Non-smoking | 634 (72.6) | 144 (40.0) | 490 (95.5) | |
| Drinking status | <0.001 | |||
| Drinking | 196 (22.5) | 176 (48.9) | 20 (3.9) | |
| Non-drinking | 677 (77.5) | 184 (51.1) | 493 (96.1) | |
| Family history | 0.944 | |||
| Yes | 533 (61.1) | 219 (60.8) | 314 (61.2) | |
| No | 340 (38.9) | 141 (39.2) | 199 (38.8) | |
| Disease duration (years) | 10 (9.0) | 9 (7.9) | 10 (9.7) | 0.079 |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| CAD | 195 (22.3) | 75 (20.8) | 120 (23.4) | 0.370 |
| Back/neck problem | 97 (11.1) | 27 (7.5) | 70 (13.6) | 0.004 |
| Stroke | 96 (11.0) | 44 (12.2) | 52 (10.1) | 0.334 |
| Diabetes | 91 (10.4) | 35 (9.7) | 56 (10.9) | 0.569 |
| Arthritis | 61 (7.0) | 18 (5.0) | 43 (8.4) | 0.049 |
| COPD | 55 (6.3) | 24 (6.7) | 31 (6.0) | 0.710 |
| MI | 17 (1.9) | 10 (2.8) | 7 (1.4) | 0.141 |
| Nephropathy | 11 (1.3) | 7 (1.9) | 4 (0.8) | 0.132 |
| Gastrointestinal disease | 10 (1.1) | 5 (1.4) | 5 (1.0) | 0.574 |
| 0 | 401 (45.9) | 184 (51.1) | 217 (42.3) | 0.010 |
| ≥1 | 472 (54.1) | 176 (48.9) | 296 (57.7) | |
| BP control | 0.242 | |||
| Good control | 287 (32.9) | 110 (30.6) | 177 (34.5) | |
| Poor control | 586 (67.1) | 250 (69.4) | 336 (65.5) |
BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI, myocardial infarction; NCMS, New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; UEMI, Urban Employees’ Medical Insurance; URMI, Urban Residents’ Medical Insurance; WC, waist circumference.