Table 4.

Differences between the groups who attempt to reduce and those that do not attempt to reduce dietary salt in a sample from Muscat Governorate, Oman (N = 1,124)^*

	n (%)		P value
	Does not attempt to reduce salt (n = 512)	Attempt to reduce salt (n = 612)
Median age in years (interquartile range)	35 (29–41)	32 (25–40)	<0.001†
Gender
Male	305 (59.6)	438 (71.6)	<0.001
Female	207 (40.4)	174 (28.4)
Education level
Secondary school or below	205 (40)	208 (34)	<0.001
Diploma or above	307 (60)	404 (66)
Employment status
Employed	364 (71.1)	409 (66.8)	<0.001
Unemployed	108 (21.1)	139 (22.7)
Student	11 (2.1)	33 (5.4)
Retired	29 (5.7)	31 (5.1)
Hypertension	84 (16.4)	64 (10.5)	0.003

^*This analysis excludes 90 respondents who answered “Don’t know” to the question “Do you try to reduce salt in your diet”;

^†Analysis by Mann-Whitney U test, all other analyses were by Chi-square test.