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Table 2 Participants’ physiological and biological measurements 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

Body mass index

 Normal

60.1

52.1

68.1

0.000

 Underweight

11.9

9.6

14.3

 

 Overweight

18.9

24.7

13.2

 

 Obese

9.0

13.7

4.4

 

Harmful use of alcohol

14.4

3.5

25.9

0.000

Insufficient physical activity

7.8

7.5

8.0

0.753

Current tobacco use

13.4

4.1

23.2

0.000

High salt consumption

89.7

89.2

90.2

0.387

High Fat intake

39.7

35.7

43.9

0.002

N

4485

2694

1791

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