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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population by hypertension status

From: Second-hand smoking, hypertension and cardiovascular risk: findings from Peru

 

Hypertension status

p-value*

No (n = 799)

Yes (n = 98)

Sex

  

0.06

Female

447 (56.8%)

52 (46.3%)

 

Male

352 (43.2%)

46 (53.7%)

 

Age

  

< 0.001

< 30 years

236 (30.8%)

11 (12.7%)

 

30–39 years

211 (26.0%)

14 (12.9%)

 

40–49 years

201 (24.4%)

23 (23.8%)

 

50–59 years

151 (18.8%)

50 (50.7%)

 

Education level

  

0.03

< 7 years

178 (16.7%)

32 (29.0%)

 

7–11 years

308 (36.9%)

33 (33.7%)

 

12 + years

313 (46.4%)

33 (37.3%)

 

Socioeconomic position

  

0.79

Low

270 (29.3%)

30 (26.9%)

 

Middle

261 (31.7%)

31 (29.8%)

 

High

268 (39.0%)

37 (43.3%)

 

Current smoking

  

0.33

No current smoking

693 (85.5%)

87 (87.0%)

 

Current smoking

85 (11.3%)

10 (12.4%)

 

Daily smoking

21 (3.2%)

1 (0.6%)

 

Alcohol drinking

  

0.52

No in the last 12 months

197 (20.8%)

25 (23.7%)

 

Last 12 months, but not last 30 days

207 (25.6%)

30 (29.4%)

 

During last 30 days

395 (53.6%)

43 (46.9%)

 

Physical activity

  

0.62

Moderate/high levels

579 (71.2%)

70 (68.1%)

 

Low levels

220 (28.8%)

28 (31.9%)

 
  1. *Comparisons were conducted taking into account the multistage sampling design using Rao-Scott Chi square test