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Table 1 Participants’ background characteristics by sex

From: Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and their determinants: results from a national survey in Kenya

Indicator

Both

Female

Male

P value

Age years

 18_24

25.4

25.2

25.5

0.211

 25_29

20.6

22.0

19.1

 

 30_34

12.1

12.7

11.5

 

 35_39

11.2

11.1

11.3

 

 40_44

9.4

8.0

10.8

 

 45_49

6.1

5.4

6.9

 

 50_59

9.9

10.2

9.5

 

 60_69

5.3

5.3

5.3

 

Residence

 Rural

61.3

64.7

57.8

0.013

 Urban

38.7

35.3

42.2

 

Wealth status

 Poorest

18.9

21.3

16.4

0.034

 Second

20.9

21.8

20.0

 

 Middle

18.3

18.7

17.8

 

 Fourth

18.6

16.5

20.7

 

 Richest

23.4

21.7

25.1

 

Education level

 No Schooling

12.6

18.1

6.7

0.000

 Primary incomplete

23.3

23.5

23.0

 

 Primary complete

32.7

34.1

31.3

 

 Secondary+

31.4

24.3

39.0

 

Marital status

 Not in union

34.5

31.9

37.2

0.029

 In union

65.5

68.1

62.8

 

Province

 Nairobi & Central

28.7

27.7

29.8

0.878

 Coast & N Eastern

14.5

15.0

14.0

 

 Eastern

13.7

14.2

13.1

 

 Nyanza & Western

22.9

22.6

23.1

 

 Rift valley

20.2

20.4

20.1

 

N

4485

2694

1791

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