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. 2022 Oct 11;24(10):e37648. doi: 10.2196/37648

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and hypertension-related characteristics of participants (N=3005).

Variables Sex Total, n (%)

Male, n (%) Female, n (%)
Age (years)

≤50 93 (7.20) 102 (5.95) 195 (6.49)

51-60 345 (26.72) 506 (29.52) 851 (28.32)

61-70 404 (31.29) 500 (29.17) 904 (30.08)

>70 449 (34.78) 606 (35.36) 1055 (35.11)
Education

No school education 234 (18.14) 1037 (60.61) 1271 (42.35)

Primary school 411 (31.86) 518 (30.27) 929 (31.96)

Middle school or higher 645 (50.00) 156 (9.12) 801 (26.69)
BMI

<18.5 13 (1.06) 16 (0.97) 29 (1.00)

1.8.5-23.9 307 (24.92) 390 (23.58) 697 (24.15)

24-27.9 510 (41.40) 698 (42.20) 1208 (41.86)

≥28 402 (32.63) 550 (33.25) 952 (32.99)
Duration of hypertension (years)

≤4 401 (31.40) 484 (28.69) 885 (29.86)

5-8 320 (25.06) 433 (25.67) 753 (25.40)

9-12 252 (19.73) 315 (18.67) 567 (19.13)

>12 304 (23.81) 455 (26.97) 759 (25.61)
Family history of hypertension

Yes 642 (54.64) 808 (51.50) 1450 (52.84)

No 533 (45.36) 761 (48.50) 1294 (47.16)
Number of hypertension-related symptoms

≤4 670 (51.90) 589 (34.36) 1259 (41.90)

5-6 223 (17.27) 327 (19.08) 550 (18.30)

7-8 151 (11.70) 288 (16.80) 439 (14.61)

>8 247 (19.13) 510 (29.75) 757 (25.19)
Number of hypertension-related diagnoses

0 544 (42.14) 638 (37.22) 1182 (39.33)

1 442 (34.24) 614 (35.82) 1056 (35.14)

2 223 (17.27) 312 (18.21) 535 (17.81)

>2 82 (6.35) 150 (8.75) 232 (7.72)
Type of hypertension

Normal BPa, b 200 (19.12) 307 (23.15) 507 (21.37)

High-normal BPc 458 (43.79) 564(42.53) 1022(43.09)

Grade 1 hypertensiond 346 (33.08) 418 (31.52) 764 (32.21)

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.