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Table 1 Basic demographic characteristics of Moluccan-Dutch study population and native Dutch control group

From: Higher self-reported prevalence of hypertension among Moluccan-Dutch than among the general population of the Netherlands: results from a cross-sectional survey

 

Men (n = 1962)

Women (n = 2163)

 

Moluccan- Dutch (n = 341)

Native Dutch (n = 1621)

p

Moluccan-Dutch (n = 367)

Native Dutch (n = 1796)

p

Age (years)

56 (51 – 60)

51 (42 – 59)

 

55 (50 – 60)

50 (41 – 58)

 

Age categories (%)

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

30 – 39

6.2

19.4

 

8.4

19.7

 

40 – 49

14.4

26.0

 

16.1

29.1

 

50 – 59

50.1

32.6

 

49.6

31.8

 

60 – 65

29.3

22.0

 

25.9

19.4

 

Level of education (%)

  

<0.001

  

<0.001

Primary

2.1

7.6

 

4.4

10.2

 

Secondary

41.3

22.6

 

46.6

25.0

 

Secondary vocational

33.4

30.1

 

32.2

30.0

 

Higher

20.2

36.6

 

13.6

31.0

 

Missing

2.9

3.1

 

3.3

3.8

 

Cohabitation (%)

  

0.017

  

<0.001

Yes

76.8

82.2

 

61.9

81.6

 

No

23.2

17.6

 

37.6

18.0

 

Missing

 

0.2

 

0.5

0.4

 
  1. Age is displayed in median and interquartile ranges. Value p is calculated by Chi-square test.
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