Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by total second-hand smoking status
From: Second-hand smoking, hypertension and cardiovascular risk: findings from Peru
Total second-hand smoking | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 753) | Yes (n = 144) | ||
Sex | 0.08 | ||
Female | 432 (57.3%) | 67 (47.1%) | |
Male | 321 (42.7%) | 77 (52.9%) | |
Age | 0.002 | ||
< 30 years | 188 (26.3%) | 59 (43.6%) | |
30–39 years | 196 (25.3%) | 29 (21.1%) | |
40–49 years | 195 (26.0%) | 29 (15.6%) | |
50–59 years | 174 (22.4%) | 27 (19.7%) | |
Education level | 0.003 | ||
< 7 years | 193 (20.0%) | 17 (6.8%) | |
7–11 years | 278 (35.3%) | 63 (43.4%) | |
12 + years | 282 (44.7%) | 64 (49.7%) | |
Socioeconomic position | 0.45 | ||
Low | 258 (29.6%) | 42 (26.3%) | |
Middle | 251 (32.0%) | 41 (28.9%) | |
High | 244 (38.4%) | 61 (44.9%) | |
Current smoking | < 0.001 | ||
No current smoking | 682 (89.0%) | 98 (67.5%) | |
Current smoking | 59 (9.2%) | 36 (23.2%) | |
Daily smoking | 12 (1.8%) | 10 (9.3%) | |
Alcohol drinking | < 0.001 | ||
No in the last 12 months | 203 (23.0%) | 19 (10.6%) | |
Last 12 months, but not last 30 days | 213 (27.6%) | 24 (17.2%) | |
During last 30 days | 337 (49.4%) | 101 (72.2%) | |
Physical activity | 0.74 | ||
Moderate/high levels | 545 (70.7%) | 104 (72.2%) | |
Low levels | 208 (29.3%) | 40 (27.8%) | |