Table 1.
Sociodemographic and hypertension-related characteristics of participants (N=3005).
| Variables | Sex | Total, n (%) | ||||||
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Male, n (%) | Female, n (%) |
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| Age (years) | ||||||||
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≤50 | 93 (7.20) | 102 (5.95) | 195 (6.49) | ||||
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51-60 | 345 (26.72) | 506 (29.52) | 851 (28.32) | ||||
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61-70 | 404 (31.29) | 500 (29.17) | 904 (30.08) | ||||
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>70 | 449 (34.78) | 606 (35.36) | 1055 (35.11) | ||||
| Education | ||||||||
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No school education | 234 (18.14) | 1037 (60.61) | 1271 (42.35) | ||||
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Primary school | 411 (31.86) | 518 (30.27) | 929 (31.96) | ||||
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Middle school or higher | 645 (50.00) | 156 (9.12) | 801 (26.69) | ||||
| BMI | ||||||||
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<18.5 | 13 (1.06) | 16 (0.97) | 29 (1.00) | ||||
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1.8.5-23.9 | 307 (24.92) | 390 (23.58) | 697 (24.15) | ||||
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24-27.9 | 510 (41.40) | 698 (42.20) | 1208 (41.86) | ||||
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≥28 | 402 (32.63) | 550 (33.25) | 952 (32.99) | ||||
| Duration of hypertension (years) | ||||||||
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≤4 | 401 (31.40) | 484 (28.69) | 885 (29.86) | ||||
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5-8 | 320 (25.06) | 433 (25.67) | 753 (25.40) | ||||
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9-12 | 252 (19.73) | 315 (18.67) | 567 (19.13) | ||||
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>12 | 304 (23.81) | 455 (26.97) | 759 (25.61) | ||||
| Family history of hypertension | ||||||||
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Yes | 642 (54.64) | 808 (51.50) | 1450 (52.84) | ||||
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No | 533 (45.36) | 761 (48.50) | 1294 (47.16) | ||||
| Number of hypertension-related symptoms | ||||||||
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≤4 | 670 (51.90) | 589 (34.36) | 1259 (41.90) | ||||
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5-6 | 223 (17.27) | 327 (19.08) | 550 (18.30) | ||||
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7-8 | 151 (11.70) | 288 (16.80) | 439 (14.61) | ||||
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>8 | 247 (19.13) | 510 (29.75) | 757 (25.19) | ||||
| Number of hypertension-related diagnoses | ||||||||
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0 | 544 (42.14) | 638 (37.22) | 1182 (39.33) | ||||
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1 | 442 (34.24) | 614 (35.82) | 1056 (35.14) | ||||
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2 | 223 (17.27) | 312 (18.21) | 535 (17.81) | ||||
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>2 | 82 (6.35) | 150 (8.75) | 232 (7.72) | ||||
| Type of hypertension | ||||||||
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Normal BPa, b | 200 (19.12) | 307 (23.15) | 507 (21.37) | ||||
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High-normal BPc | 458 (43.79) | 564(42.53) | 1022(43.09) | ||||
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Grade 1 hypertensiond | 346 (33.08) | 418 (31.52) | 764 (32.21) | ||||
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Grade 2 hypertensione | 42 (4.01) | 37 (2.79) | 79 (3.33) | ||||
| Total | 1291 (43.00) | 1714 (57.00) | 3005 (100.00) | |||||
aBP: blood pressure.
bNormal BP: systolic BP<130 and diastolic BP<85 mmHg.
cHigh-normal BP: 130≤systolic BP≤139 and/or 85≤diastolic BP≤89 mmHg.
dGrade 1 hypertension: 140≤systolic BP≤159 and/or 90≤diastolic BP≤99 mmHg.
eGrade 2 hypertension: systolic BP≥160 and/or diastolic BP≥100 mmHg.