Table 1 Characteristic of the study participants by hypertension status, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2011

Age group

^***

 35–39

1477

18.8

1267

21.8

210

10.4

 40–44

1372

17.5

1096

18.8

276

13.7

 45–49

1213

15.5

923

15.8

290

14.4

 50–54

1053

13.4

777

13.3

276

13.7

 55–59

689

8.8

482

8.3

207

10.3

 60–69

1095

14.0

710

12.2

385

19.1

 70+

940

12.0

569

9.8

371

18.4

Sex

^***

 Male

3875

49.4

3122

53.6

753

37.4

 Female

3964

50.6

2701

46.4

1263

62.6

Marital status

^***

 Currently married

6595

84.1

5091

87.4

1504

74.6

 Others

1243

15.9

732

12.6

511

25.4

Education

^**

 No education

3724

47.5

2732

46.9

992

49.2

 Primary education

2560

32.7

1954

33.6

606

30.1

 Secondary education

1108

14.1

816

14.0

292

14.5

 Higher education

446

5.7

321

5.5

125

6.2

Working status

^***

 No

4073

52.0

2723

46.8

1350

67.0

 Yes

3762

48.0

3098

53.2

664

33.0

Wealth index

^***

 Poorest

1524

19.4

1237

21.2

287

14.2

 Poorer

1508

19.2

1182

20.3

326

16.2

 Middle

1551

19.8

1205

20.7

346

17.2

 Richer

1619

20.7

1172

20.1

447

22.2

 Richest

1637

20.9

1027

17.6

610

30.3

Place of residence

^***

 Rural

6009

76.7

4590

78.8

1419

70.4

 Urban

1829

23.3

1233

21.2

596

29.6

Division of residence

^***

 Barisal

464

5.9

350

6.0

114

5.7

 Chittagong

1334

17

1041

17.9

293

14.5

 Dhaka

2514

32.1

1834

31.5

680

33.7

 Khulna

1020

13

712

12.2

308

15.3

 Rajshahi

1136

14.5

867

14.9

269

13.3

 Rangpur

922

11.8

663

11.4

259

12.9

 Sylhet

449

5.7

357

6.1

92

4.6

Body mass index

^***

 Normal

6586

86.5

5088

89.8

1480

76.9

 Overweight or obese

1023

13.5

579

10.2

444

23.1

Diabetes status

^***

 No

6699

89.0

5074

90.9

1625

83.6

 Yes

825

11.0

506

9.1

319

16.4