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Table 1 Hypertension prevalence by characteristics of the participants

From: Comparison of bioelectrical body and visceral fat indices with anthropometric measures and optimal cutoffs in relation to hypertension by age and gender among Chinese adults

Items

Total (N = 8234)

Men (n = 3340)

Women (n = 4894)

N (%)

Hypertension (prevalence, %)

N (%)

Hypertension (prevalence, %)

N (%)

Hypertension (prevalence, %)

Age, (year)

      

 21–29

1182 (14.36)

104 (8.80) +

423 (12.66)

68 (16.08)+

759 (15.51)

36 (4.74) *+

 30–39

2418 (29.37)

306 (12.66)

949 (28.41)

199 (20.97)

1469 (30.02)

107 (7.28)

 40–49

1600 (19.43)

357 (22.31)

625 (18.71)

203 (32.48)

975 (19.92)

154 (15.79)

 50–59

1430 (17.37)

492 (34.41)

555 (16.62)

234 (42.16)

875 (17.88)

258 (29.49)

 60–69

1034 (12.56)

582 (56.29)

469 (14.04)

283 (60.34)

565 (11.54)

299 (52.92) *

 70–91

570 (6.92)

421 (73.86)

319 (9.55)

232 (72.73)

251 (5.13)

189 (75.30) *

Educational level

      

 Middle school or below

734 (8.91)

386 (52.59) +

331 (9.91)

186 (56.19) +

403 (8.23)

200 (49.63) *+

 College or undergraduate

4915 (59.69)

1431 (29.11)

1929 (57.75)

759 (39.35)

2986 (61.01)

672 (22.51) *

 Postgraduate or above

2585 (31.39)

445 (17.21)

1080 (32.34)

274 (25.37)

1505 (30.75)

171 (11.36)

Han Ethnicity

7938 (96.41)

2193 (27.63)

3233 (96.80)

1190 (36.81)+

4705 (96.14)

1003 (21.32)

Occupation

      

 Civil servant

2066 (25.09)

423 (20.47) +

905 (27.10)

270 (29.83) +

1161 (23.72)

153 (13.18) *+

 Professionals

3775 (45.85)

667 (17.67)

1399 (41.89)

374 (26.73)

2376 (48.55)

293 (12.33) *

 Retired staff

1702 (20.67)

1006 (59.11)

749 (22.43)

480 (64.09)

953 (19.47)

526 (55.19) *

 Others

691 (8.39)

166 (24.02)

287 (8.59)

95 (33.10)

404 (8.26)

71 (17.57)

In a current marriage

7001 (85.03)

2066 (29.51)+

2916 (87.31)

1121 (38.44)+

4085 (83.47)

945 (23.13) *+

Smoking

909 (11.04)

343 (37.73)+

751 (22.49)

293 (39.01)

158 (3.23)

50 (31.65) *+

Alcohol drinking

1324 (16.08)

455 (34.37)+

946 (28.32)

370 (39.11)+

378 (7.72)

85 (22.49) *

Regular Exercise

2327 (28.26)

787 (33.82)+

1171 (35.06)

463 (39.54)+

1156 (23.62)

324 (28.03) *+

Family history of hypertension

3890 (47.24)

1394 (35.84)+

1516 (45.39)

711 (46.90)+

2374 (48.51)

683 (28.77) *+

Obesity index (\(\bar{x}\pm SD)\)

      

 PBF (%)

29.71 ± 6.71

 

25.99 ± 5.83

 

32.25 ± 6.05*

 

 VFA (cm2)

93.21 ± 34.35

 

96.35 ± 32.87

 

91.07 ± 35.17

 

 WHR

0.89 ± 0.06

 

0.92 ± 0.06

 

0.88 ± 0.06*

 

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.12 ± 3.45

 

25.52 ± 3.25

 

23.16 ± 3.25*

 
  1. Data were presented as mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. PBF percentage body fat, VFA visceral fat area, BMI body mass index, WHR waist-hip ratio
  3. +P < 0.05 for comparison of the prevalence of hypertension among different categories of the specific characteristics
  4. *P < 0.05 for comparison of the prevalence of hypertension between men and women of the specific characteristics
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