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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics according to hypertension and diabetes condition in users of the Community Health Service - Conceição Hospital Group. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011

From: Socio-demographic caracteristics and prevalence of risk factors in a hypertensive and diabetics population: a cross-sectional study in primary health care in Brazil

Adults with Chronic Diseases N = 2482

    
 

Hypertension

Diabetes

Hypert + Diab

p *

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 
 

1638 (66,5)

160 (6,5)

684 (27,1)

 
 

CI 95 % (64.5-68.3)

CI 95 % (5.5-7.5)

CI 95 % (25.3-28.8)

 

Gender

   

0.01

 Male

497 (30.3)

67 (41.9)

224 (32.7)

 

 Female

1141 (69.7)

93 (58.1)

460 (67.3)

 

Age

   

<0.001**

 Median ± IQR

64 (54.7)

59 (51.7)

65.5 (58.7)

 

Age-Group

   

<0.001

 20 - 39 years old

69 (4.2)

11 (6.9)

9 (1.3)

 

 40 - 59 years old

574 (35)

71 (44.4)

186 (27.2)

 

 60 - 74 years old

671 (41)

61 (38.1)

341 (49.8)

 

 75 - 84 years old

261 (15.9)

14 (8.8)

133 (19.5)

 

 85 - over

63 (3.8)

3 (1.9)

15 (2.2)

 

Economic

   

0.766

 Classes A-B

377 (24.2)

40 (26.3)

164 (25.4)

 

 Class C

1014 (65.1)

93 (61.2)

406 (62.8)

 

 Classes D-E

166 (10.7)

19 (12.5)

76 (11.8)

 

Able to read/write

   

0.807

 No

53 (3.2)

5 (3.1)

29 (4.2)

 

 Yes

1520 (92.8)

148 (92.5)

629 (92.0)

 

 Able to sign name

65 (3.9)

7 (4.4)

26 (3.8)

 

Education level

   

<0.001

  < 4th year primary education

274 (18.2)

30 (20.5)

130 (21.0)

 

 4th year primary education

534 (35.4)

47 (32.2)

257 (41.6)

 

 Primary Education concluded

362 (24)

25 (17.1)

112 (18.1)

 

 High School concluded

312 (20.7)

42 (28.8)

105 (17.0)

 

 Higher education concluded

26 (1.7)

2 (1.4)

14 (2.3)

 

Marital Status

   

0.018

 Common Law

847 (51.7)

93 (58.1)

361 (52.8)

 

 Widow(er)

366 (22.3)

19 (11.9)

164 (24.0)

 

 Separated

204 (12.5)

21 (13.1)

87 (12.7)

 

 Single

221 (13.5)

27 (16.9)

72 (10.5)

 
  1. *Chi-squared test
  2. ** Kruskal-Wallis test