Table 5.
Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among the young adults in relation to baseline characteristics.
| Parameter | Hypertension |
Awareness N (%) |
Treatment N (%) |
Control
N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Men (92) | 22 (23.9) | 17(18.5) | 11 (12.0) |
| Women (58) | 30 (51.7) | 22 (37.9) | 15 (25.9) | |
| P-value | 0.001 | 0.045 | 0.012 | |
| Place of residence | Urban (86) | 28 (32.6) | 20 (23.3) | 10 (11.6) |
| Rural (64) | 24 (37.5) | 19 (29.7) | 16 (25.0) | |
| P-value | 0.604 | 0.452 | 0.045 | |
| Education | Up to school education (94) | 38 (40.4) | 29 (30.9) | 20 (21.0) |
| Above school education (56) | 14 (25.0) | 10 (17.9) | 6 (10.7) | |
| P-value | 0.076 | 0.087 | 0.121 | |
| Poverty level | Above poverty line (80) | 29 (36.3) | 20 (25.0) | 13 (16.3) |
| Below poverty line (70) | 23 (32.9) | 19 (27.1) | 13 (18.6) | |
| P-value | 0.732 | 0.853 | 0.121 | |
| Knowledge level of risk factors | Poor (54) | 14 (25.9) | 11 (20.4) | 7 (13.0) |
| Others (96) | 38 (39.6) | 28 (29.2) | 19 (19.8) | |
| P-value | 0.109 | 0.253 | 0.371 | |
| Checked BP at least once past year | Yes (46) | 27 (58.7) | 19 (41.3) | 12 (26.1) |
| No (104) | 25 (24.0) | 20 (19.2) | 14 (13.5) | |
| P-value | <0.001 | 0.008 | 0.066 | |
| Physical activity | Sedentary (33) | 7 (21.2) | 4 (12.1) | 3 (9.1) |
| Non sedentary (117) | 45 (38.5) | 35 (29.9P) | 23 (19.7) | |
| P-value | 0.096 | 0.044 | 0.020 | |
| Obesity BMI ≥ 25 |
Yes (79) | 33 (41.8) | 28 (35.4) | 20 (25.3) |
| No (71) | 19 (26.8) | 11 (15.5) | 6 (8.5) | |
| P-value | 0.060 | 0.009 | 0.009 | |
| Abdominal obesity | Yes (47) | 40 (38.0) | 31 (30.1) | 19 (18.4) |
| No (103) | 12 (25.0) | 8 (17.0) | 7 (14.9) | |
| P-value | 0.140 | 0.110 | 0.650 |