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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants by sex and by residence, Ouagadougou

From: Differences in hypertension between informal and formal areas of Ouagadougou, a sub-Saharan African city

 

Women

Men

All

 

Informal

Formal

Informal

Formal

Informal

Formal

(N = 500)

(N = 637)

(N = 434)

(N = 470)

(N = 934)

(N = 1107)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Mean age, (SD)

39.9 (17.9)

43.9 (18.9)

41.0 (15.7)

45.7 (19.1)

40.4 (16.9)

44.7 (19.0)

 

P Valuea < 0.001

P Valuea < 0.001

P Valuea < 0.001

Civil status

Married

352 (70.4)

368 (57.8)

348 (80.2)

311 (66.2)

700 (74.9)

679 (61.3)

Other

148 (29.6)

269 (42.2)

86 (19.8)

159 (33.8)

234 (25.1)

428 (38.7)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Read/Write

No

400 (80.0)

423 (66.4)

290 (66.8)

238 (50.6)

690 (73.9)

661 (59.7)

Yes

100 (20.0)

214 (33.6)

144 (33.2)

232 (49.4)

244 (26.1)

446 (40.3)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Occupational status b

Employed

23 (4.8)

36 (6.0)

91 (21.6)

108 (24.4)

114 (12.7)

144 (13.9)

Independent

188 (39.6)

205 (34.3)

207 (49.0)

153 (34.6)

395 (44.0)

358 (34.5)

Unpaid job

264 (55.6)

356 (59.6)

124 (29.4)

181 (41.0)

388 (43.3)

537 (51.6)

 

P Value = 0.18

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Duration of residence in Ouagadougou

Native

91 (18.7)

170 (28.0)

96 (22.5)

122 (26.9)

187 (20.5)

292 (27.5)

< 10 years

203 (41.8)

122 (20.1)

145 (34.0)

59 (13.0)

348 (38.1)

181 (17.1)

≥10 years

192 (39.5)

315 (51.9)

186 (43.6)

272 (60.0)

378 (41.4)

587 (55.4)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Chronic conditions

No

408 (81.6)

521 (81.8)

366 (84.3)

395 (84.0)

774 (82.9)

916 (82.7)

Yes

92 (18.4)

116 (18.2)

68 (15.7)

75 (16.0)

160 (17.1)

191 (17.3)

 

P Value = 0.93

P Value = 0.90

P Value = 0.94

Body Mass Index

<18.5

58 (11.6)

60 (9.4)

44 (10.1)

56 (11.9)

102 (10.9)

116 (10.5)

18.5 to 24.99

329 (65.8)

354 (55.6)

339 (78.1)

322 (68.5)

668 (71.5)

676 (61.1)

25.0 to 29.9

89 (17.8)

154 (24.2)

48 (11.1)

73 (15.5)

137 (14.7)

227 (20.5)

≥ 30

24 (4.8)

69 (10.8)

3 (0.7)

19 (4.0)

27 (2.9)

88 (7.9)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value = 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Smoking status

No

493 (98.6)

635 (99.7)

332 (76.5)

397 (84.5)

825 (88.3)

1032 (93.2)

Current smoker

7 (1.4)

2 (0.3)

102 (23.5)

73 (15.5)

109 (11.7)

75 (6.8)

 

P Value = 0.05

P Value = 0.002

P Value < 0.001

Alcohol intake

Never

370 (74.0)

450 (70.6)

281 (64.7)

263 (56.0)

651 (69.7)

713 (64.4)

Occasionally

93 (18.6)

145 (22.8)

106 (24.4)

160 (34.0)

199 (21.3)

305 (27.6)

Frequently

37 (7.4)

42 (6.6)

47 (10.8)

47 (10.0)

84 (9.0)

89 (8.0)

 

P Value = 0.22

P Value = 0.006

P Value = 0.005

Physical activity

Low

291 (58.2)

402 (63.1)

173 (39.9)

256 (54.5)

464 (49.7)

658 (59.4)

Moderate

159 (31.8)

188 (29.5)

166 (38.2)

135 (28.7)

325 (34.8)

323 (29.2)

Intense

50 (10.0)

47 (7.4)

95 (21.9)

79 (16.8)

145 (15.5)

126 (11.4)

 

P Value = 0.15

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
  2. aObtained by T-test; other P Value were obtained by Χ2 test.
  3. bVariable with missing values (65 among women and 40 among men).
  4. Pvalues for comparisons of participants from informal areas to those from formal areas.