Table 2.
Participants demographic Characteristics association with hypertension
| Normotensive | Hypertensive | p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Percentage | ||
| Education | < 0.001 | ||
| No education | 100 | 0.0 | |
| Primary | 91.6 | 8.3 | |
| Secondary+ | 87.0% | 12.9 | |
| Wealth | < 0.001 | ||
| Poorest | 84.7 | 15.3 | |
| Poorer | 85.0 | 15.0 | |
| Middle | 88.5 | 11.5 | |
| Richer | 88.5 | 11.5 | |
| Richest | 88.7 | 11.3 | |
| Not working | < 0.001 | ||
| Working | 85.4 | 14.6 | |
| Not working | 88.0 | 12.0 | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | < 0.001 | ||
| Underweight | 96.3 | 3.7 | |
| Normal weight | 92.7 | 7.3 | |
| Overweight | 83.9 | 15.6 | |
| Obese | 70.4 | 29.5 | |
| Place of residence | < 0.001 | ||
| Rural | 86.3 | 13.6 | |
| Urban | 88.6 | 11.4 | |
| Age of household members (years) | < 0.001 | ||
| 15–24 | 96.2 | 3.8 | |
| 25–34 | 92.5 | 7.5 | |
| 35–44 | 83.0 | 17.1 | |
| 45–54 | 68.0 | 32.0 |
*Statistically significant