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Table 1 Distribution of studied variables by sex among survey participants

From: Pre-hypertension in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Total

Female

Male

P-value

Age in years

Below 40

2628 (63.4)

1762 (66.1)

866 (58.6)

 

40-59

1090 (26.3)

666 (25.0)

424 (28.7)

 

Above 60

424 (10.2)

237 (8.9)

187 (12.7)

< 0.001

Place of residence

Urban

1369 (33.1)

893 (33.5)

476 (32.2)

 

Rural

2773 (66.9)

1772 (66.5)

1001 (67.8)

0.42

Education level

None/primary

2375 (57.3)

1609 (60.4)

766 (51.9)

 

Secondary/tertiary

1767 (42.7)

1056 (39.6)

711 (48.1)

< 0.001

Marital status

Currently married

2573 (62.1)

1668 (62.6)

905 (61.3)

 

Not married

1767 (42.7)

997 (37.4)

572 (38.7)

0.40

Currently smokes

Yes

267 (6.4)

52 (2.0)

215 (14.6)

 

No

3875 (93.6)

2613 (98.0)

1262 (85.4)

< 0.001

Currently consumes alcohol

Yes

1068 (25.8)

528 (19.8)

540 (36.6)

 

No

3074 (74.2)

2137 (80.2)

937 (63.4)

< 0.001

Body mass index (Kg/M2)

Less than 25

3305 (79.8)

1952 (73.2)

1353 (91.6)

 

25 to less than 30

589 (14.2)

487 (18.3)

102 (6.9)

 

30 and above

248 (6.0)

226 (8.5)

22 (1.5)

< 0.001

Physical activity

Frequent

3465 (83.7)

2192 (82.3)

1273 (86.2)

 

Infrequent/none

677 (16.3)

473 (17.7)

204 (13.8)

0.001

Fruit consumption

Infrequent

2449 (59.1)

1562 (58.6)

887 (60.4)

 

Frequent

1693 (40.9)

1103 (41.4)

590 (39.9)

0.37

Vegetables consumption

Infrequent

1899 (45.8)

1180 (44.3)

719 (48.7)

 

Frequent

2243 (54.2)

1485 (55.7)

758 (51.3)

0.007

  1. P-value relates to differences between men and women.
  2. Numbers in parentheses are percentages.