Table 2 Dietary and behavioral characteristics of respondents among adults in Debre Markos town, 2018
Variables | Category | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Drinking alcohols | Yes | 313 | 68.6 |
No | 143 | 31.4 | |
Smoking | Yes | 2 | 0.4 |
No | 454 | 99.6 | |
Chewing chat | Yes | 6 | 1.3 |
No | 450 | 98.7 | |
Doing physical exercise | Yes | 11 | 2.4 |
No | 445 | 97.6 | |
Diabetic patient | Yes | 4 | 0.9 |
No | 452 | 99.1 | |
Eating red meat | Yes | 367 | 80.5 |
No | 89 | 19.5 | |
Consuming animal source fat | Yes | 64 | 14 |
No | 392 | 86 | |
Drinking coffee | Yes | 140 | 30.7 |
No | 316 | 69.3 | |
Family history of hypertension | Yes | 34 | 7.5 |
No | 422 | 92.5 | |
Known hypertensive patients currently | Yes | 7 | 1.5 |
No | 449 | 98.5 | |
Excessive salt consumption | Yes | 77 | 16.9 |
No | 379 | 83.1 |