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Table 1 Sociodemographic variables and hypertension in the Mura indigenous individuals, Autazes - Amazonas, Brazil

From: Cardiovascular risk factors with an emphasis on hypertension in the Mura Indians from Amazonia

Variables

Hypertension

p-value

No (n = 334)

Yes (n = 121)

Total Sample (N = 445)

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Sex

0.521a

 Female

190 (56.9)

73 (60.3)

263 (57.8)

 

 Male

144 (43.1)

48 (39.7)

192 (42.2)

 

Age (years), mean (SD)

37.91 (14.7)

53.66 (16.63)

42.1 (16.74)

< 0.001b

Marital status

0.001c

 Without partner

258 (77.2)

73 (60.3)

331 (72.7)

 

 With partner

76 (22.8)

48 (39.7)

124 (27.3)

 

Education

< 0.001c

 Illiterate/elementary I (1st–5th year)

116 (34.7)

71 (58.6)

187 (41.1)

 

 Incomplete elementary II (6th–9th year)

62 (18.6)

15 (12.4)

77 (16.9)

 

 Incomplete high school

43 (12.9)

6 (5.0)

49 (10.8)

 

 Complete high school

100 (29.9)

24 (19.8)

124 (27.3)

 

 Complete higher education

13 (3.9)

3 (2.5)

16 (3.5)

 

 Post-graduate studies

2 (1.7)

2 (0.4)

 

Monthly family income (minimum salary)*

0.036c

  < 1

133 (39.8)

38 (31.4)

171 (59.4)

 

 1–2

147 (44.0)

69 (57.1)

216 (34.2)

 

  ≥ 3

54 (16.2)

13 (11.5)

68 (6.4)

 

Receives retirement salary

   

< 0.001c

 Yes

68 (20.4)

52 (43.0)

120 (26.4)

 

 No

266 (79.6)

69 (57.0)

335 (73.6)

 

Socioeconomic stratum

0.078a

 B2

3 (0.9)

3 (2.5)

6 (1.3)

 

 C1-C2

35 (10.5)

21 (17.4)

56 (12.3)

 

 D-E

296 (88.6)

97 (80.1)

393 (86.4)

 

Place of residence

 Rural area

183(78.2)

51(21.8)

234(51.4)

0.020c

 Urban area

151(68.3)

70(31.7)

221(48.6)

 

Social programme benefit

< 0.001c

 Yes

221(66.2)

53(43.8)

274(60.2)

 

 No

113(33.8)

68(56.2)

181(39.8)

 
  1. * Minimum salary 880 reais = 237.8 dollars
  2. aFisher’s exact test
  3. bStudent’s t-test
  4. cPearson’s chi-square test