Table 2 Available hypertension risk factors of patients with and without hypertension
Risk factor | No hypertension n = 6573 | Hypertension n = 435 | p-value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | ||||
Age (years) | ||||
18–25 | 2542 (38.7) | 10 (2.3) | < 0.001 | |
26–35 | 1512 (23.0) | 10 (2.3) | ||
36–45 | 1345 (20.5) | 57 (13.1) | ||
46–55 | 791 (12.0) | 152 (34.9) | ||
> 56- | 383 (5.8) | 206 (47.4) | ||
Sex | Female | 3935 (59.9) | 276 (63.4) | 0.140 |
Smoking | Current smoker | 2014 (30.6) | 79 (18.2) | < 0.001 |
Ex-smoker | 68 (1.0) | 6 (1.4) | ||
Passive smoker | 168 (2.6) | 22 (5.1) | ||
No | 4323 (65.8) | 328 (75.4) | ||
Diabetes | 196 (3.0) | 116 (26.7) | < 0.001 | |
Education level | ||||
Primary and middle school | 1097 (16.7) | 209 (48.0) | < 0.001 | |
High school | 1968 (29.9) | 135 (31.0) | ||
Vocational education or university | 3314 (50.4) | 81 (18.6) | ||
Post-graduate | 194 (3.0) | 10 (2.3) | ||
Working status | ||||
Student | 2060 (31.3) | 10 (2.3) | < 0.001 | |
Employee | 2513 (38.2) | 109 (25.1) | ||
Unemployed | 1655 (25.2) | 177 (40.7) | ||
Retired | 339 (5.2) | 137 (31.5) | ||