Table 2.

Dietary and behavioral characteristics of respondents among adults in Debre Markos town, 2018

Variables	Category	Frequency	%
Drinking alcohols	Yes	313	68.6
	No	143	31.4
Smoking	Yes	2	0.4
	No	454	99.6
Chewing chat	Yes	6	1.3
	No	450	98.7
Doing physical exercise	Yes	11	2.4
	No	445	97.6
Diabetic patient	Yes	4	0.9
	No	452	99.1
Eating red meat	Yes	367	80.5
	No	89	19.5
Consuming animal source fat	Yes	64	14
	No	392	86
Drinking coffee	Yes	140	30.7
	No	316	69.3
Family history of hypertension	Yes	34	7.5
	No	422	92.5
Known hypertensive patients currently	Yes	7	1.5
	No	449	98.5
Excessive salt consumption	Yes	77	16.9
	No	379	83.1