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Table 2 Prevalence of hypertension by residence in adult population of Ouagadougou

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

 

Informal

Formal

 

N

% (95% CI)

N

% (95% CI)

All (unweighted)

934

15.3 (13.0-17.6)

1107

21.4 (19.0-23.8)

All (weighted)

1277

10.4 (8.7-12.1)

1386

16.7 (14.8-18.7)

Sex

Female

500

16.4 (13.1-19.7)

637

20.4 (17.3-23.6)

Male

434

14.1 (10.8-17.3)

470

22.8 (19.0-26.6)

 

P Value = 0.32

P Value = 0.35

Age, y

18-24

168

2.4 (0.05-4.7)

220

2.7 (0.6-4.9)

25-34

289

3.8 (1.6-6.0)

209

5.3 (2.2-8.3)

35-44

133

12.8 (7.0-18.5)

118

14.4 (8.0-20.8)

45-54

123

19.5 (12.4-26.6)

175

27.4 (20.8-34.1)

55-64

114

33.3 (24.6-42.1)

203

36.0 (29.3-42.6)

65+

107

45.8 (36.2-55.4)

182

45.1 (37.8-52.3)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Civil status

Married

700

12.7 (10.2-15.2)

679

22.4 (19.2-25.5)

Other

234

23.1 (17.6-28.5)

428

19.9 (16.1-23.7)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value = 0.32

Read/Write

No

690

18.0 (15.1-20.8)

661

27.2 (23.8-30.6)

Yes

244

7.8 (4.4-11.2)

446

12.8 (9.7-15.9)

 

P Value < 0.001

P Value < 0.001

Occupational status a

Employed

114

7.9 (2.9-12.9)

144

17.4 (11.1-23.6)

Independent

395

15.2 (11.6-18.7)

358

24.9 (20.4-29.4)

Unpaid job

388

16.8 (13.0-20.5)

537

21.2 (17.8-24.7)

 

P Value = 0.07

P Value = 0.16

Duration of residence in Ouagadougou a

Native

187

10.7 (6.2-15.2)

292

11.3 (7.7-15.0)

< 10 years

348

14.4 (10.7-18.1)

181

17.1 (11.6-22.7)

≥ 10 years

378

18.0 (14.1-21.9)

587

27.9 (24.3-31.6)

 

P Value = 0.07

P Value < 0.001

Provenance

Ouagadougou

187

10.7 (6.2-15.2)

292

11.3 (7.7-15.0)

Outside of Ouagadougou

658

17.3 (14.4-20.2)

649

27.4 (24.0-30.9)

Foreign

68

5.9 (0.1-11.6)

119

14.3 (7.9-20.7)

 

P Value = 0.007

P Value < 0.001

Chronic conditions

No

774

15.9 (13.3-18.5)

916

20.7 (18.1-23.4)

One or more

160

12.5 (7.3-17.7)

191

24.6 (18.4-30.8)

 

P Value = 0.28

P Value = 0.24

Body Mass Index

<18.5

102

19.6 (11.7-27.4)

116

31.9 (23.3-40.5)

18.5 to 24.99

668

14.8 (12.1-17.5)

676

17.8 (14.9-20.6)

25.0 to 29.9

137

14.6 (8.6-20.6)

227

23.8 (18.2-29.4)

≥ 30

27

14.8 (0.5-29.1)

88

29.5 (19.8-39.3)

 

P Value = 0.65

P Value = 0.001

Smoking status

No

825

16.4 (13.8-18.9)

1032

21.8 (19.3-24.3)

Current smoker

109

7.3 (2.4-12.3)

75

16.0 (7.5-24.5)

 

P Value = 0.01

P Value = 0.24

Alcohol intake

Never

651

15.5 (12.7-18.3)

713

22.3 (19.2-25.4)

Occasionally

199

11.6 (7.1-16.0)

305

15.1 (11.0-19.1)

Frequently

84

22.6 (13.5-31.8)

89

36.0 (25.8-46.1)

 

P Value = 0.06

P Value < 0.001

Physical activity

Low

464

19.6 (16.0-23.2)

658

24.5 (21.2-27.8)

Moderate

325

10.8 (7.4-14.2)

323

19.5 (15.2-23.9)

Intense

145

11.7 (6.4-17.0)

126

10.3 (4.9-15.7)

 

P Value = 0.001

P Value = 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: CI, confident interval.
  2. aSample sizes do not add to total because information was not available for all participants for these variables.