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Table 1 Characteristics by prevalence of hypertension

From: Epidemiology of hypertension in Fulani indigenous populations—age, gender and drivers

Factors

Total, 1337

Hypertensive

p value

No, 920 (68.8)

Yes, 417 (31.2%)

Age group

 20–39

870 (65.1)

690 (79.3)

180 (20.7)

 

 40–59

348 (26.0)

191 (54.9)

157 (45.1)

 

 ≥ 60

119 (8.9)

39 (32.8)

80 (67.2)

< 0.001

Marital status

 Single

99 (7.4)

78 (78.8)

21 (21.2)

 

 Presently married

1097 (82.0)

773 (70.5)

324 (29.5)

 

 Divorced/separated

141 (10.6)

69 (48.9)

72 (51.1)

< 0.001

Education level

 Attended school

313 (23.4)

238 (76.0)

75 (24.0)

 

 Never

1024 (76.6)

682 (66.6)

342 (33.4)

0.002

Currently employed

 No

1145 (85.6)

791 (69.1)

354 (30.9)

 

 Yes

192 (14.4)

129 (67.2)

63 (32.8)

0.600

Smoking habit

 Abstainer

1241 (92.8)

872 (70.3)

369 (29.7)

 

 Former/current smoker

96 (7.2)

48 (50.0)

48 (50.0)

< 0.001

Alcohol drinking

 Never

1249 (93.4)

869 (69.6)

380 (30.4)

 

 Occasional/daily drinkers

88 (6.6)

51 (57.9)

37 (42.1)

0.023

Vegetable intake

 6–7 days/week

511 (38.2)

355 (69.5)

156 (30.5)

 

 3–5 days/week

638 (47.7)

436 (68.3)

202 (31.7)

 

 0–2 days/week

188 (14.1)

129 (68.6)

59 (31.4)

0.917

Fruit intake

 6–7 days/week

188 (14.1)

137 (72.9)

51 (27.1)

 

 3–5 days/week

391 (29.2)

269 (68.8)

122 (31.2)

 

 0–2 days/week

758 (56.7)

514 (67.8)

244 (32.2)

0.407

Physical activity

 Vigorous

547 (40.9)

375 (68.6)

172 (31.4)

 

 Moderate

384 (28.7)

277 (72.1)

107 (27.9)

 

 Low

406 (30.4)

268 (66.0)

138 (34.0)

0.176

10 min leisure PA

 Vigorous

220 (16.5)

145 (65.9)

75 (34.1)

 

 Moderate

45 (3.4)

33 (73.3)

12 (26.7)

 

 Low

1072 (80.1)

742 (69.2)

330 (30.8)

0.503

Frequently added salt to food

 No

1098 (82.1)

749 (68.2)

349 (31.8)

 

 Yes

239 (17.9)

171 (71.6)

68 (28.4)

0.313

Frequently added sugar to tea/coffee

 No

1103 (82.5)

757 (68.6)

346 (31.4)

 

 Yes

234 (17.5)

163 (69.7)

71 (30.3)

0.758

FH of hypertension

 No

1141 (85.3)

805 (70.6)

336 (29.4)

 

 Yes

196 (14.7)

115 (58.7)

81 (41.3)

0.001

FH of diabetes

 No

1225 (91.6)

851 (69.5)

374 (30.5)

 

 Yes

112 (8.4)

69 (61.6)

43 (38.4)

0.086

FH of obesity

 No

1284 (96.0)

887 (69.1)

397 (30.9)

 

 Yes

53 (4.0)

33 (62.3)

20 (37.7)

0.294

Diabetes

 No

1283 (96.0)

899 (70.1)

384 (29.9)

 

 Yes

54 (4.0)

21 (38.9)

33 (61.1)

<0.001

Sleeping difficulties?

 Sleep normally

1033 (77.3)

730 (70.7)

303 (29.3)

 

 Have insomnia

304 (22.7)

190 (62.5)

114 (37.5)

0.007

Planning to migrate?

 Yes

102 (7.6)

73 (71.6)

29 (28.4)

 

 No

1119 (83.7)

770 (68.8)

349 (31.2)

 

 Do not know

116 (8.7)

77 (66.4)

39 (33.6)

0.711

Number of children

 None

91 (6.8)

69 (75.8)

22 (24.2)

 

 1–2 children

312 (23.3)

237 (76.0)

75 (24.0)

 

 3–4 children

303 (22.7)

223 (73.6)

80 (26.4)

 

 5–7 children

293 (21.9)

198 (67.6)

95 (32.4)

 

 8–12 children

168 (12.6)

81 (48.2)

87 (51.8)

 

 ≥ 13 children

170 (12.7)

112 (65.9)

58 (34.1)

< 0.001

BMI

 Normal weight

607 (45.4)

405 (66.7)

202 (33.3)

 

 Under weight

622 (46.5)

454 (73.0)

168 (27.0)

 

 Overweight

78 (5.8)

46 (59.0)

32 (41.0)

 

 Obese

30 (2.2)

15 (50.0)

15 (50.0)

0.002

WC

 LR (≤ 94 M or ≤ 80 W) cm

1044 (78.1)

734 (70.3)

310 (29.7)

 

 IR (94 > and < 102, 80 > and < 88) cm

164 (12.3)

113 (68.9)

51 (31.1)

 

 SIR (≥ 102 M, ≥ 88 W) cm

129 (9.6)

73 (56.6)

56 (43.4)

0.007

 BMI, (mean ± SD)

19.5 ± 4.1

19.2 ± 3.9

20.2 ± 4.5

< 0.00011

 WC, (mean ± SD)

75.1 ± 11.3

73.9 ± 10.8

77.6 ± 11.9

< 0.00011

  1. 1 p-value from Student’s t test