Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of overall hypertensive adults, according to the awareness of the diagnostic status
Overall hypertensive adults | Undiagnosed hypertensive adults | Diagnosed hypertensive adults | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 774 | 657 | N = 117 | ||||||||
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | P | |
Residence | 0.0001 | |||||||||
- Rural area | 554 | 71.6 | 68.3–74.7 | 494 | 75.2 | 71.7–78.4 | 60 | 51.3 | 41.9–60.6 | |
- Urban area | 220 | 28.4 | 25.3–31.7 | 163 | 24.8 | 21.6–28.3 | 57 | 48.7 | 39.4–58.1 | |
Sex | 0.069 | |||||||||
- Male | 417 | 53.9 | 50.3–57.4 | 363 | 55.2 | 51.4–59.1 | 54 | 46.1 | 36.9–55.6 | |
- Female | 357 | 46.1 | 42.6–49.7 | 294 | 44.8 | 40.9–48.6 | 63 | 53.9 | 44.4–63.1 | |
Age range (years) | 0.0001 | |||||||||
- 25–34 | 205 | 26.5 | 23.4–29.7 | 190 | 28.9 | 25.5–32.6 | 15 | 12.8 | 7.4–20.3 | |
- 35–44 | 193 | 26.0 | 21.9–28.1 | 174 | 26.5 | 23.1–30.0 | 19 | 16.2 | 10.1–24.2 | |
- 44–54 | 197 | 25.4 | 22.4–28.7 | 161 | 24.5 | 21.3–28.0 | 36 | 30.8 | 22.6–40.0 | |
- 55–64 | 179 | 23.1 | 20.2–26.3 | 132 | 20.1 | 17.1–23.4 | 47 | 40.2 | 31.2–49.6 | |
Marital status | 0.73 | |||||||||
- Married/cohabitating | 650 | 84.0 | 81.2–86.5 | 553 | 84.2 | 81.2–86.9 | 97 | 82.9 | 74.8–89.2 | |
- Single | 124 | 16.0 | 13.5–18.8 | 104 | 15.8 | 13.1–18.8 | 20 | 17.1 | 10.8–25.2 | |
Occupation | 0.009 | |||||||||
- Employees with formal incomea | 62 | 8.0 | 6.2–10.2 | 45 | 6.9 | 5.0–9.1 | 17 | 14.5 | 8.7–22.2 | |
- Others b | 712 | 92.0 | 89.8–93.8 | 612 | 93.1 | 90.9–95.0 | 100 | 85.5 | 77.8–91.3 | |
Education level | 0.0001 | |||||||||
- No formal education | 584 | 75.5 | 72.3–78.4 | 519 | 79.0 | 75.7–82.1 | 65 | 55.6 | 46.1–64.7 | |
- Primary school | 111 | 14.3 | 11.9–17.0 | 89 | 13.5 | 11.0–16.4 | 22 | 18.8 | 12.2–27.1 | |
- Secondary or higher | 79 | 10.2 | 8.2–12.6 | 49 | 7.5 | 5.6–9.7 | 30 | 25.6 | 18.0–34.5 | |