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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects reporting ever being diagnosed with hypertension according to gender

From: Spatial analysis of gender variation in the prevalence of hypertension among the middle-aged and elderly population in Zhejiang Province, China

 

Males, % (counts)

Females, % (counts)

Age (years of age)

  

 45–59

20.43 (48/235)

25.41 (78/307)

 60–74

34.43 (94/273)

45.06 (114/253)

 75-

44.00 (44/100)

42.71 (41/96)

Smoke

  

 Never

33.52 (60/179)

35.36 (227/642)

 Current

29.44 (126/428)

42.86 (6/14)

Alcohol consumption

  

 Never

29.35 (59/201)

35.00 (182/520)

 Current

40.86 (38/93)

41.82 (23/55)

BMI (kg/m2)

  

 <18.5

20.00 (6/30)

29.03 (9/31)

 18.5–23.9

25.81 (64/248)

24.79 (60/242)

 24.0–27.9

39.50 (47/119)

48.73 (77/158)

 ≥28.0

44.83 (13/29)

54.55 (30/55)

WHtR

  

 ≤0.5

18.59 (29/156)

17.65 (15/85)

 >0.5

37.87 (103/272)

39.95 (163/408)

  1. BMI Body mass index, WHtR Waist-to-height ratio; The datasets supporting this findings can be found in the Additional file 1
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