Table 1 Proportional distribution of prehypertension status by wealth index and other background characteristics
Explanatory variables | Pre-hypertension status | |
|---|---|---|
Normotension n (%) | Prehypertension n (%) | |
Overall | 2,209(71.75) | 578(18.78) |
Wealth index | X2 = 31.3442, P < 0.001 | |
Poorest | 436(72.90) | 102(17.09) |
Poorer | 465(74.38) | 93(14.92) |
Middle | 414(74.29) | 91(16.28) |
Richer | 453(72.36) | 127(20.28) |
Richest | 441(65.63) | 165(24.55) |
Covariates | ||
Age | X2 = 26.4672, P < 0.001 | |
30–34 | 761(76.62) | 162(16.36) |
35–39 | 653(71.79) | 169(18.57) |
40–44 | 406(68.32) | 125(21.01) |
45–49 | 388(66.88) | 122(20.97) |
Educational level | X2 = 6.1152, P = 0.410 | |
No education | 1,637(72.21) | 414(18.25) |
Basic education | 349(71.19) | 96(19.56) |
Secondary | 197(70.92) | 56(20.09) |
Higher | 25(59.30) | 13(29.71) |
Occupation status | X2 = 2.5275, P = 0.283 | |
Unemployed | 242(74.56) | 51(15.87) |
Employed | 1,967(71.42) | 527(15.87) |
Type of residence | X2 = 19.1465, P < 0.001 | |
Urban | 913(68.54) | 298(22.37) |
Rural | 1,296(74.20) | 280(16.05) |
Marital status | X2 = 9.1668, P = 0.057 | |
Never married | 28(64.21) | 11(26.35) |
Married | 1,984(72.04) | 500(18.14) |
Formerly married | 196(70.15) | 67(23.92) |
Type of cooking fuel | X2 = 16.7707, P < 0.001 | |
Clean fuel | 78(56.06) | 45(31.99) |
Unclean fuel | 2,130(72.50) | 533(18.15) |