Table 1.
Socio-demographic and metabolic characteristics of all respondents according to Hypertension status in the NHANNES Data
| Characteristics | All (N = 3067) | < 60 years (n = 2213) | ≥60 years (n = 854) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension Status | Hypertension Status | Hypertension Status | ||||||||||
| Combined | No | Yes | P | Combined | No | Yes | P | Combined | No | Yes | P | |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Women | 1961(63.3) | 1241(66.7) | 720(33.3) | < 0.0001 | 1386(61.2) | 1089(81.1) | 297(18.9) | < 0.0001 | 575(69.5) | 152(29.2) | 423(70.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Men | 1006(36.7) | 707(68.5) | 399(31.5) | 827(38.8) | 619(77.1) | 208(22.9) | 279(30.5) | 88(36.2) | 191(63.8) | |||
| Age (years) | 46.5 ± 17.9 | 40.2 ± 15.7 | 59.6 ± 15.0 | < 0.0001 | 38.3 ± 12.2 | 36.2 ± 11.8 | 46.3 ± 9.9 | < 0.0001 | 70.9 ± 6.5 | 70.1 ± 6.2 | 71.3 ± 6.6 | < 0.0001 |
| < 60 years | 2213(74.7) | 1708(79.6) | 505(20.4) | < 0.0001 | ||||||||
| ≥ 60 years | 854(36.7) | 240(31.3) | 614(68.7) | |||||||||
| Race | ||||||||||||
| White only | 764(57.1) | 479(66.9) | 285(33.1) | < 0.0001 | 451(51.6) | 378(82.9) | 73(17.1) | < 0.0001 | 313(73.4) | 101(33.6) | 212(66.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Hispanics only | 1067(18.7) | 673(71.9) | 394(28.1) | 780(21.7) | 605(79.6) | 175(20.4) | 287(9.8) | 68(21.7) | 219(78.3) | |||
| Black only | 633(12.5) | 360(60.5) | 273(39.5) | 496(14.0) | 332(67.9) | 164(32.1) | 137(7.9) | 28(21.6) | 109(78.4) | |||
| Others | 603(11.7) | 436(69.8) | 167(30.2) | 486(12.7) | 393(78.7) | 93(21.3) | 117(8.9) | 43(32.2) | 74(67.8) | |||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| < High School | 2886(96.6) | 1779(66.4) | 1107(33.6) | < 0.0001 | 2035(95.4) | 1539(78.8) | 496(21.2) | < 0.0001 | 851(99.9) | 240(31.4) | 611(68.6) | < 0.0001 |
| ≥ High School | 178(3.4) | 166(95.3) | 12(4.7) | 175(4.6) | 166(95.9) | 09(4.1) | 03(0.1) | 00(0.0) | 03(100.0) | |||
| Employed | ||||||||||||
| No | 1255(35.7) | 646(54.2) | 609(45.8) | < 0.0001 | 622(23.6) | 482(79.9) | 140(20.1) | < 0.0001 | 633(71.6) | 164(67.1) | 469(70.9) | < 0.0001 |
| Yes | 1804(64.3) | 1295(74.6) | 509(25.4) | 1585(76.4) | 1221(79.4) | 364(20.6) | 219(28.4) | 74(36.0) | 145(64.0) | |||
| Incomea | ||||||||||||
| ≤ $24,999 | 740(17.0) | 402(57.8) | 338(42.2) | < 0.0001 | 444(14.4) | 335(78.6) | 109(21.4) | < 0.0001 | 296(25.0) | 67(21.2) | 229(78.8) | < 0.0001 |
| > $24,999 | 2073(83.0) | 1390(69.9) | 638(30.1) | 1604(85.6) | 1245(79.7) | 359(20.3) | 469(75.0) | 145(35.5) | 324(64.5) | |||
| Marital Status | ||||||||||||
| Never married | 520(17.8) | 408(83.0) | 112(17.0) | < 0.0001 | 472(22.5) | 398(87.1) | 74(12.9) | < 0.0001 | 48(4.7) | 10(27.8) | 38(72.2) | < 0.0001 |
| Marriedb | 1805(66.0) | 1150(67.9) | 655(32.1) | 1343(68.8) | 999(77.6) | 344(22.4) | 462(58.1) | 151(35.6) | 311(64.4) | |||
| Widowedc | 563(16.2) | 221(41.8) | 342(58.2) | 219(8.7) | 142(67.0) | 77(33.0) | 344(37.2) | 79(25.2) | 265(74.8) | |||
| Alcohol use | ||||||||||||
| No | 847(25.2) | 512(65.9) | 335(34.1) | < 0.0001 | 555(23.9) | 438(81.9) | 117(18.1) | < 0.0001 | 292(28.9) | 74(28.6) | 218(71.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Yes | 1773(74.8) | 1104(66.5) | 669(33.5) | 1303(76.1) | 978(78.1) | 325(21.9) | 470(71.1) | 126(31.8) | 344(68.2) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.9 ± 7.1 | 27.6 ± 6.4 | 31.5 ± 7.7 | < 0.0001 | 28.7 ± 7.0 | 27.7 ± 6.5 | 32.5 ± 7.6 | < 0.0001 | 29.5 ± 7.2 | 27.2 ± 5.3 | 30.5 ± 7.7 | |
| Normal Weight | 882(32.2) | 691(81.6) | 191(18.4) | < 0.0001 | 691(34.2) | 618(92.0) | 73(8.0) | < 0.0001 | 191(26.3) | 73(42.0) | 118(58.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Overweight | 914(32.0) | 581(66.9) | 333(33.1) | 631(31.1) | 505(79.1) | 126(20.9) | 283(34.5) | 76(34.2) | 207(65.8) | |||
| Obese | 1104(35.8) | 559(55.1) | 545(44.9) | 738(34.7) | 494(67.7) | 289(32.3) | 321(39.2) | 65(22.3) | 256(77.7) | |||
| Hypertension Awareness | ||||||||||||
| No | 2106(72.0) | 1984(93.5) | 158(6.5) | < 0.0001 | 1797(83.5) | 1708(95.4) | 89(4.6) | < 0.0001 | 309(38.4) | 240(81.7) | 69(18.3) | < 0.0001 |
| Yes | 960(28.0) | 00(0.0) | 960(100.0) | 416(16.5) | 00(0.0) | 416(100.0) | 544(61.6) | 00(0.0) | 544(100.0) | |||
| SBP (mmHg) | 122.4 ± 17.2 | 115.4 ± 10.7 | 136.4 ± 19.1 | < 0.0001 | 118.4 ± 14.4 | 114.7 ± 10.5 | 132.7 ± 17.9 | < 0.0001 | 133.8 ± 19.4 | 120.9 ± 11.1 | 139.7 ± 19.5 | < 0.0001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 69.8 ± 11.1 | 68.7 ± 9.0 | 72.0 ± 14.1 | < 0.0001 | 71.1 ± 9.9 | 69.2 ± 8.7 | 78.2 ± 11.0 | < 0.0001 | 66.1 ± 13.2 | 64.8 ± 10.3 | 66.7 ± 14.4 | < 0.0001 |
| PSE | ||||||||||||
| No | 2265(76.3) | 1412(67.1) | 853(32.9) | < 0.0001 | 1574(74.8) | 1214(80.3) | 360(19.7) | < 0.0001 | 691(80.9) | 198(31.2) | 493(32.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Yes | 795(23.7) | 532(68.2) | 263(31.8) | 636(25.2) | 491(77.4) | 145(22.6) | 159(19.1) | 41(68.8) | 118(67.6) | |||
a - annual household income, b - married/living with partner, c - widowed/divorced/separated
Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation and compared using the t-test
Categorical variables are presented as n(%) and compared using the x2 test