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Table 3 Origin of foods 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

  

No (n = 334)

Yes (n = 121)

Total sample (N = 455)

p-values

N

%

N

%

N (%)

 

Food cultivation

 Yes

166

49.7

57

47.1

223 (49.0)

0.672a

 No

168

50.3

64

52.9

232 (51.0)

Hunting/fishing

 Yes

228

68.3

59

48.8

287 (63.1)

< 0.001a

 No

106

31.7

62

51.2

168 (36.9)

Food collection/home-breeding

 Yes

70

21.0

26

21.5

96 (21.1)

0.897a

 No

264

79.0

95

78.5

359 (78.9)

Food purchase

 Yes

331

99.1

121

100.0

452 (99.3)

0.569a

 No

3

0.9

0

0

3 (0.7)

Receive food donation

 Yes

20

6.0

5

4.1

25 (5.5)

0.641a

 No

314

94.0

116

95.9

430 (94.5)

  1. aPearson’s chi-square test