Table 3 Comparison of demographic variables of studied patients in two groups of experimental and control
Variables | Experimental group | Control group | P-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | |||
Marital status | Single | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0.317 |
Married | 81 | 81 | 85 | 85 | ||
Divorced | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
Widowed | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
Education level | Illiterate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.262 |
Primary school | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||
Secondary school | 28 | 28 | 32 | 32 | ||
High school | 44 | 44 | 46 | 46 | ||
College | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | ||
Monthly income | Less than 20 million rials | 42 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 0.178 |
20–40 million rials | 38 | 38 | 40 | 40 | ||
More than 40 million rials | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | ||
Smoking history | Yes | 17 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0.128 |
No | 83 | 83 | 88 | 88 | ||
Family history of cardiovasculardiseases | Yes | 22 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 0.106 |
No | 78 | 78 | 82 | 82 | ||
Occupation | Housewife | 71 | 71 | 64 | 64 | 0.218 |
Employed | 29 | 29 | 36 | 36 | ||
History of educations related to cardiovascular diseases | Yes | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0.246 |
No | 86 | 86 | 88 | 88 | ||
BMI | Lean (less than 18.5) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.209 |
Natural (18.5–24.9) | 52 | 52 | 49 | 49 | ||
Overweight (25–29.9) | 35 | 35 | 38 | 38 | ||
Obese (more than 30) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||