Research Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension among Male Occupational Bus Drivers in North Kerala, South India: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Association between personal and behavioral characteristics and HTN.
| | Risk factor | Number of subjects, (%) | Number of hypertensives, (%) | Test statistic () | value |
| | Smoking | | Current smokers | 83 (46.4%) | 37 (44.6%) | 0.669 | 0.449 | | Never smoked or quit smoking before 1 year | 96 (53.6%) | 37 (38.5%) | | Current smokers who smoked less than 10 pack-years | 61 (73.05%) | 24 (39.3%) | 2.552 | 0.137 | | Current smokers who smoked 10 pack years or more | 32 (26.5%) | 13 (59.0%) |
| | Alcohol consumption | | Takes alcohol | 124 (69.3%) | 56 (45.2%) | 2.429 | 0.140 | | Does not take alcohol | 55 (30.7%) | 18 (32.7%) | | Does not take alcohol or takes occasionally | 162 (90.5%) | 64 (39.5%) | 2.429 | 0.140 | | Takes alcohol on most days | 17 (9.5%) | 10 (58.8%) |
| | Pan or tobacco chewing | | Absent | 151 (84.4%) | 64 (42.4%) | 0.433 | 0.539 | | Present | 28 (15.6%) | 10 (58.8%) |
| | Gets irritated often | | No | 89 (46.9%) | 36 (42.9%) | 0.150 | 0.407 | | Yes | 95 (53.1%) | 38 (40.0%) |
| | Sleep | | Adequate | 129 (72.1%) | 56 (43.4%) | 0.816 | 0.232 | | Inadequate | 50 (27.9%) | 18 (36.0%) |
| | Physical activity | | Adequate | 70 (39.1%) | 43 (39.4%) | 0.411 | 0.538 | | Inadequate | 109 (60.9%) | 31 (44.3%) |
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