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Table 1 Basic characteristics of study participants in the Khánh Hòa Cardiovascular Study, Vietnam (2019–2020)

From: Different associations of occupational and leisure-time physical activity with the prevalence of hypertension among middle-aged community dwellers in rural Khánh Hòa, Vietnam

Variables

Whole participants

Leisure time PA

Occupational PA

No

Yes

Low

Middle

High

N

3000

2000

1000

1151

900

949

Age, years (mean [SD])

49.9 [5.5]

49.6 [5.5]

50.4 [5.5]

50.4 [5.6]

50.0 [5.4]

49.2 [5.5]

Female, n (%)

1840 (61.3)

1221 (61.1)

619 (61.9)

775 (67.3)

541 (60.1)

524 (55.2)

Married/Cohabiting, n (%)

2691 (89.7)

1786 (89.3)

905 (90.5)

1021 (88.7)

814 (90.4)

856 (90.2)

Education, n (%)

      

 Less than primary school

352 (11.7)

279 (14.0)

73 (7.3)

118 (10.3)

116 (12.9)

118 (12.4)

 Primary school

863 (28.8)

659 (33.0)

204 (20.4)

313 (27.2)

290 (32.2)

260 (27.4)

 Secondary school

1068 (35.6)

725 (36.3)

343 (34.3)

375 (32.6)

311 (34.6)

382 (40.3)

 High school and higher

717 (23.9)

337 (16.9)

380 (38.0)

345 (30.0)

183 (20.3)

189 (19.9)

Employment, n (%)

      

 Government employee

295 (9.8)

122 (6.1)

173 (17.3)

142 (12.3)

76 (8.4)

77 (8.1)

 Non-Government employee

483 (16.1)

362 (18.1)

121 (12.1)

115 (10.0)

126 (14.0)

242 (25.5)

 Self-employed

595 (19.8)

395 (19.8)

200 (20.0)

238 (20.7)

145 (16.1)

212 (22.3)

 Farmer/Fisher

870 (29.0)

666 (33.3)

204 (20.4)

249 (21.6)

336 (37.3)

285 (30.0)

 Homemaker

527 (17.6)

337 (16.9)

190 (19.0)

275 (23.9)

166 (18.4)

86 (9.1)

 Others

111 (3.7)

71 (3.6)

40 (4.0)

50 (4.3)

28 (3.1)

33 (3.5)

 Unemployed/retired

119 (4.0)

47 (2.4)

72 (7.2)

82 (7.1)

23 (2.6)

14 (1.5)

Equivalized Income, n (%)

      

 Low

1002 (33.4)

722 (36.1)

280 (28.0)

380 (33.0)

295 (32.8)

327 (34.5)

 Middle

1045 (34.8)

719 (36.0)

326 (32.6)

390 (33.9)

319 (35.4)

336 (35.4)

 High

920 (30.7)

536 (26.8)

384 (38.4)

372 (32.3)

272 (30.2)

276 (29.1)

 Missing

33 (1.1)

23 (1.2)

10 (1.0)

9 (0.8)

14 (1.6)

10 (1.1)

Smoking, n (%)

      

 Never smoking

2036 (67.9)

1350 (67.5)

686 (68.6)

844 (73.3)

604 (67.1)

588 (62.0)

 Former smoking

350 (11.7)

196 (9.8)

154 (15.4)

118 (10.2)

108 (12.0)

124 (13.1)

 Current smoking

614 (20.5)

454 (22.7)

160 (16.0)

189 (16.4)

188 (20.9)

237 (25.0)

Alcohol consumption (standard drink), n (%)

      

 0

2114 (70.5)

1431 (71.6)

683 (68.3)

865 (75.2)

637 (70.8)

612 (64.5)

 0.1–0.9

416 (13.9)

253 (12.7)

163 (16.3)

128 (11.1)

126 (14.0)

162 (17.1)

 1-1.9

201 (6.7)

125 (6.3)

76 (7.6)

69 (6.0)

59 (6.6)

73 (7.7)

 ≥2

269 (9.0)

191 (9.6)

78 (7.8)

89 (7.7)

78 (8.7)

102 (10.7)

Body mass index (kg/m2), n (%)

      

 <18.5

139 (4.6)

104 (5.2)

35 (3.5)

52 (4.5)

47 (5.2)

40 (4.2)

 18.5–22.9

1344 (44.5)

949 (47.5)

395 (39.5)

476 (41.4)

403 (44.8)

465 (49.0)

 23.0-24.9

739 (24.6)

463 (23.2)

276 (27.6)

297 (25.8)

218 (24.2)

224 (23.6)

 ≥25.0

778 (25.9)

484 (24.2)

294 (29.4)

326 (28.3)

232 (25.8)

220 (23.2)

Total occupational MET-hour/week [SD]

135.7 [110.7]

139.2 [114.3]

128.8 [102.8]

31.4 [33.3]

134.1 [25.0]

263.7 [85.0]

Total leisure-time MET-hour/week [SD]

6.1 [13.7]

0 [0]

18.2 [18.6]

7.0 [15.2]

5.8 [11.2]

5.2 [13.9]

Systolic blood pressure, mean [SD]

130.9 [19.1]

130.6 [19.1]

131.6 [19.1]

131.5 [18.9]

131.0 [19.9]

130.1 [18.5]

Diastolic blood pressure, mean [SD]

83.9 [12.1]

83.8 [12.2]

84.1 [12.0]

84.1 [12.1]

84.5 [12.3]

83.9 [12.0]

Antihypertensive medication, n (%)

367 (12.2)

203 (10.2)

164 (16.4)

168 (14.6)

107 (11.9)

92 (9.7)

Diabetes

307 (10.2)

189 (9.5)

118 (11.8)

140 (12.2)

90 (10.0)

77 (8.1)

Dyslipidemia

1352 (45.1)

865 (43.3)

487 (48.7)

532 (46.2)

423 (47.0)

397 (41.8)

Previous diagnosis of serious diseases (cancer or diseases of circulatory system), n (%)

175 (5.8)

102 (5.1)

73 (7.3)

82 (7.1)

44 (4.9)

49 (5.2)

  1. PA: Physical activity; SD: Standard Deviance; CVD: Cardiovascular Diseases; MET: Metabolic Equivalent by Task
  2. Leisure-time PA range: 0–0 (no); 0.67–280 (yes); Occupational PA range: 0–84 (Low); 88–168 (Middle); 172.7–896 (High)