Table 2.

Prevalence of risk factors for CKD amongst hypertensive patients and controls

Risk Factors	Hypertensives %	Controls %	P-value
Analgesic Use	86.4	41.6	<0.001*
Smoking	2.8	4.4	0.333
Alcohol Use	20.8	12.0	0.008*
Herbal Use	51.6	26.1	<0.001*
Use of salted food	18.8	8.4	<0.001*
Family history of DM	7.2	8.0	0.736
Family history of hypertension	35.2	10.2	<0.001*
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30kg/m2)	26.6	19.7	0.289
Central obesity	36.1	26.8	0.025*
Fasting	3.3	1.2	0.021*
Hyperglycaemia
Macroalbuminuria	5.6	0.7	<0.001*
Microalbuminuria	42.0	18.8	0.001*

Key: BMI – Body mass index

^*Statistically significant