Table 2 Association between selected variables and the occurrence of hypertension with p values
Characteristics | Hypertension status | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No hypertension | Hypertension | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Height category | |||
Q1: (≤1.51) | 935 (67.2%) | 456 (32.8%) | <0.001 |
Q2: (1.51-1.583) | 1068 (77.6%) | 309 (22.4%) | |
Q3: (1.583-1.637) | 1168 (83.8%) | 225 (16.2%) | |
Q4: (≥1.673) | 1138 (82.6%) | 240 (17.4%) | |
Gender | |||
Female | 2959 (74.3%) | 1022 (25.7%) | <0.001 |
Male | 3243 (83.0%) | 663 (17.0%) | |
Education level | |||
No education | 2786 (77.6%) | 804 (22.4%) | 0.003 |
Primary | 1760 (81.1%) | 411 (18.9%) | |
Secondary | 1151 (79.1%) | 305 (20.9%) | |
Higher | 505 (75.4%) | 165 (24.6%) | |
Wealth index | |||
Poorest | 1171 (83.5%) | 232 (16.5%) | <0.001 |
Poorer | 1171 (82.0%) | 257 (18.0%) | |
Middle | 1243 (81.3%) | 286 (18.7%) | |
Richer | 1267 (77.2%) | 375 (22.8%) | |
Richest | 1350 (71.6%) | 535 (28.4%) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 1940 (74.9%) | 649 (25.1%) | <0.001 |
Rural | 4262 (80.4%) | 1036 (19.6%) | |
Division | |||
Dhaka | 1045 (77.5%) | 304 (22.5%) | <0.001 |
Barisal | 757 (80.8%) | 180 (19.2%) | |
Chittagong | 992 (83.8%) | 192 (16.2%) | |
Khulna | 911 (73.6%) | 327 (26.4%) | |
Rajshahi | 892 (79.9%) | 225 (20.1%) | |
Rangpur | 794 (72.4%) | 302 (27.6%) | |
Shylet | 811 (84.0%) | 155 (16.0%) | |
BMI category | |||
Thin | 1374 (82.7%) | 288 (17.3%) | <0.001 |
Normal | 2444 (78.0%) | 690 (22.0%) | |
Overweight | 441 (67.0%) | 217 (33.0%) | |