Association between dietary patterns and hypertension among Han and multi-ethnic population in southwest China

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Prevalence of hypertension in Diqing, Yunnan, China (N = 3591)

Characteristics	n	Prevalence of hypertension		p-value
Characteristics	n	n^a	%	p-value
Sex				0.106
Male	1396	447	32.0
Female	2195	647	29.5
Age				0.000
18–35	1049	90	8.6
36–45	858	186	21.7
46–55	704	246	34.9
56-	980	572	58.4
Ethnicity				0.132
Tibetan	1368	479	35.0
Lisu	562	112	19.9
Naxi	810	228	28.1
Han	551	190	34.5
Other	300	85	28.3
Education				0.000
< Middle school	2248	794	35.3
Middle school	985	203	20.6
> Middle school	358	97	27.1
BMI				0.000
Underweight	266	47	17.7
Normal	2017	467	23.2
Overweight	937	374	39.9
Obesity	371	206	55.5
Physical activity				0.000
Low	2207	753	34.1
Moderate	995	254	25.5
Vigorous	389	87	22.4
Family history of hypertension				0.000
Yes	638	213	33.4
No	2209	549	24.9
Unknown	744	332	44.6

n: the number of participants in each subgroup. n^a: the number of participants diagnosed as hypertension in each subgroup. Chi-square tests were used to determine if there were any significant differences between hypertension and each subgroup

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