Table 2 Hypertension prevalence across behavioral and dietary characteristics of respondents in Jigjiga city October–November 2014
Variables | n | Percent | Hypertensive (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Positive family history of hypertension | |||
 Yes | 82 | 16.8% | 56.1 |
 No | 405 | 83.2% | 22.7 |
Positive family history of DM | |||
 Yes | 64 | 13.1% | 31.2 |
 No | 423 | 86.9% | 27.9 |
Known DM patient | |||
 Yes | 16 | 3.3% | 68.8 |
 No | 471 | 96.7% | 27.0 |
Smoking history | |||
 Nonsmoker | 410 | 84.2% | 26.8 |
 Previous smoker | 10 | 2.1% | 20.0 |
 Current smoker | 67 | 13.8% | 38.8 |
Do you drink alcohol? | |||
 Yes | 131 | 26.9% | 34.4 |
 No | 356 | 73.1% | 26.1 |
Do you chew chat? | |||
 Yes | 182 | 37.4% | 31.9 |
 No | 305 | 62.6% | 26.2 |
Physical activity | |||
 Low | 264 | 58.0 | 26.9 |
 Medium | 124 | 27.3 | 27.4 |
 High | 67 | 14.7 | 31.3 |
Central obesity | |||
 Non obese | 152 | 31.2 | 25.0 |
 Obese | 335 | 68.8 | 29.9 |
BMI (Kg/m2) | |||
 < 25 | 328 | 67.4 | 22.6 |
 ≥ 25 | 159 | 32.6 | 40.3 |
Frequency of eating per day | |||
 ≤ 3 times | 386 | 79.3 | 26.7 |
 > 3 times | 101 | 20.7 | 34.7 |
Frequency of eating oil and fatty foods | |||
 Not frequent | 296 | 60.8 | 25.3 |
 Frequent | 191 | 39.2 | 33.0 |
Frequency of eating sugar and sweets | |||
 Not frequent | 355 | 72.9 | 30.7 |
 Frequent | 132 | 27.1 | 22.0 |