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Table 1 Baseline characteristic of respondents with normotensive and hypertension

From: The prevalence of hypertension among Malaysian adults and its associated risk factors: data from Malaysian Community Salt Study (MyCoSS)

Characteristic

 

Normotensive

Hypertensive

P value

  

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

 

Overall

 

50.60

45.48–55.71

49.39

44.27–54.51

 

Sex

Male

50.42

44.74–56.10

49.95

43.77–56.13

1.00

Female

49.57

43.89–55.25

50.04

43.86–56.22

 

Age, years (mean, 95% CI)

 

40.76

38.92–42.60

57.09

55.62–58.56

<0.001

Age group

<34

38.62

32.83–44.76

4.88

3.03–7.75

<0.001

35–44

23.41

18.49–29.16

10.84

7.56–15.30

 

45–54

20.40

16.04–25.59

20.20

16.31–24.73

 

55–64

12.62

8.61–18.12

34.29

28.96–40.04

 

>65

4.93

2.99–8.02

29.78

24.28–35.93

 

Academic level

None/primary

14.86

10.71–20.24

33.77

27.40–40.78

<0.001

Secondary

54.58

48.57–60.46

48.02

43.16–52.92

 

Tertiary

30.55

24.61–37.21

18.20

12.37–25.96

 

Household income

<RM1999

35.04

27.68–43.20

50.83

43.92–57.70

<0.001

RM2000–RM3999

30.83

24.78–37.63

28.97

23.13–35.61

 

>RM4000

34.11

26.72–42.36

20.18

14.01–28.19

 

Marital status

Single /widowed

28.81

24.07–34.06

20.03

15.63–25.29

0.052

Married

71.18

65.93–75.92

79.96

74.70–84.36

 

BMI (kg/m2), (mean, 95% CI)

 

25.68

25.08–26.28

27.65

26.99–28.30

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

<25

46.06

40.18–52.06

31.63

26.18–37.64

<0.001

25–30

36.93

32.08–42.06

38.34

32.14–44.92

 

≥ 30

16.99

13.25–21.53

30.01

24.39–36.43

 

WC, cm (mean, 95% CI)

 

86.63

85.20–88.06

93.88

92.43–95.32

<0.001

WC, cm

      

 Men <90, Women <80

No

41.82

36.72–47.09

23.20

18.15–29.17

<0.001

 Men ≥90, Women ≥80

Yes

58.17

52.90–63.26

76.79

70.82–81.84

 

Smoking status

No

74.50

69.43–70.99

82.53

77.00–86.95

<0.001

Yes

25.49

21.00–30.56

17.46

13.04–22.99

 

Physical activity

Inactive

42.93

35.61–50.57

40.53

34.33–47.04

0.448

Active

57.06

49.42–38.59

59.46

52.95–65.66

 

Diabetes

No

90.81

85.42–94.34

64.44

58.36–70.09

<0.001

Yes

9.18

5.65–14.57

35.55

29.90–41.63

 

Sodium intake (mg/day)

< 2000

39.56

33.49–45.93

52.47

47.35–57.54

<0.001

≥ 2000

60.43

54.03–66.50

47.52

42.45–52.64