Table 6.
Dietary-salt-related habits associated with hypertension.
| Questions | Overall (N = 376) |
NHG a (n = 116) |
HG b (n = 260) |
p-Value d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habit score of each questione (Mean ± SD) | ||||
| 1. Taste food before seasoning? | 3.95 ± 1.50 | 3.90 ± 1.59 | 3.97 ± 1.46 | 0.685 |
| 2. Read the amount of salt on the nutrition label? | 2.20 ± 1.39 | 2.37 ± 1.41 | 2.13 ± 1.38 | 0.123 |
| 3. Not add salt or fish sauce to the food? | 3.61 ± 1.37 | 3.62 ± 1.26 | 3.61 ± 1.42 | 0.884 |
| Total habit scores (out of 15 points) (Mean ± SD) | 9.77 ± 2.71 | 9.91 ± 2.75 | 9.71 ± 2.69 | 0.525 |
| % of subjects who often or always doing these habits n (%) | 208 (55.30) | 69 (59.48) | 139 (53.46) | 0.278 c |
a NHG (Non-Hypertensive Group): Systolic BP < 130 and Diastolic BP < 80. b HG (Hypertensive Group): Systolic BP ≥ 130 or Diastolic BP ≥ 80. c Chi-square test for differences between NHG and HG d Two-sample t-test for differences between NHG and HG e Subjects were asked how often they practiced each of these habits in the past three months on a five-point Likert scale (1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often 5 = always).