2. Prevalence of hypertension by demographic and physio-psychosocial factors among the participants.
| Variables | Frequency | Non-hypertension | Hypertension |
|
P-value |
| Data are presented as n (%). ***P < 0.001, ** < 0.05, * < 0.1. | |||||
| Age, yrs | |||||
| 50−54 | 131 (24.8%) | 78 (59.5%) | 53 (40.5%) | 17.944 | *** |
| 55−59 | 97 (18.3%) | 44 (45.4%) | 53 (54.6%) | ||
| 60−64 | 94 (18.3%) | 41 (43.6%) | 53 (56.4%) | ||
| 65−69 | 70 (13.2%) | 24 (34.3%) | 46 (65.7%) | ||
| 70−74 | 58 (11.0%) | 28 (48.3%) | 30 (51.7%) | ||
| 75−79 | 34 (6.4%) | 15 (44.1%) | 19 (55.9%) | ||
| 80+ | 45 (8.5%) | 14 (31.1%) | 31 (68.9%) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 298 (56.3%) | 139 (46.6%) | 159 (53.4%) | 0.074 | * |
| Female | 231 (43.7%) | 105 (45.5%) | 126 (54.5%) | ||
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 405 (76.6%) | 196 (48.4%) | 209 (51.6%) | 3.584 | ** |
| Widow | 124 (23.4%) | 48 (38.7%) | 76 (61.3%) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Illiterate | 97 (18.3%) | 36 (37.1%) | 61 (62.9%) | 14.264 | *** |
| Primary schooling | 101 (19.1%) | 35 (34.7%) | 66 (65.3%) | ||
| Secondary schooling | 170 (32.1%) | 38 (50%) | 85 (50%) | ||
| Higher Education | 161 (30.4%) | 88 (54.7%) | 73 (45.3%) | ||
| Health Condition | |||||
| Good | 192 (36.2%) | 127 (66.1%) | 65 (33.9%) | 48.616 | *** |
| Not Quite Good | 276 (52.2%) | 98 (35.5%) | 178 (64.5%) | ||
| Poor | 61 (11.5%) | 19 (31.1%) | 78 (68.9%) | ||
| Smoking Habit | |||||
| Regular | 78 (14.7%) | 37 (47.4%) | 41 (52.6%) | 6.803 | ** |
| Frequently | 77 (16.6%) | 25 (32.5%) | 52 (67.5%) | ||
| No Habit | 374 (70.7%) | 182 (48.7%) | 192 (51.3%) | ||
| Heart Disease | |||||
| Yes | 80 (15.1%) | 18 (22.5%) | 62 (77.5%) | 3.529 | *** |
| No | 449 (84.9%) | 226 (50.3%) | 223 (49.7%) | ||
| Body Mass Index | |||||
| Underweight | 71 (13.4%) | 49 (69%) | 22 (31%) | 69.97 | *** |
| Normal | 315 (59.5%) | 170 (54%) | 145 (46%) | ||
| Overweight | 143 (27.0%) | 25 (17.5%) | 118 (82.5%) | ||
| Diabetes | |||||
| Yes | 142 (26.8%) | 50 (35.2%) | 92 (64.8%) | 9.3 | *** |
| No | 387 (73.2%) | 194 (50.1%) | 193 (49.9%) | ||
| Sleeping Problem | |||||
| Yes | 255 (48.2%) | 94 (36.9%) | 161 (63.1%) | 16.99 | *** |
| No | 274 (51.8%) | 150 (54.7%) | 124 (45.3%) | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Public | 61 (11.5%) | 28 (45.9%) | 33 (54.1%) | 38.26 | *** |
| Private | 17 (3.2%) | 10 (58.8%) | 7 (41.2%) | ||
| Agricultural | 45 (8.5%) | 33 (73.3%) | 12 (26.7%) | ||
| Business | 55 (10.4%) | 23 (41.8%) | 32 (58.2%) | ||
| Self-Employee | 26 (4.9%) | 22 (84.6%) | 4 (15.4%) | ||
| Not Employee | 311 (58.8%) | 125 (21.4%) | 186 (78.6%) | ||
| Others | 14 (2.6%) | 3 (40.2%) | 11 (59.8%) | ||
| Place of Residence | |||||
| Urban | 297 (56.1%) | 113 (38%) | 184 (62%) | 17.78 | *** |
| Rural | 232 (43.9%) | 131 (56.5%) | 101 (43.5%) | ||