Prevalence of Hypertension and Determination of Its Risk Factors in Rural Delhi

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study subjects.

Variable	Subgroups	Group				, value
		Nonhypertensive		Hypertensive
			%		%
Gender	Male	337	86.2	54	13.8	0.05, 0.8
	Female	526	85.7	88	14.3
Age	Less than 35 years	428	95.3	21	4.7	59.4, 0.01
	More than 35 years	435	78.2	121	21.8
Religion	Hindu	842	85.9	138	14.1	6.13, 0.04
	Others	21	87.5	4	12.5
Education level	Primary	20	95.2	1	4.8	36.9, 0.01
	Middle	179	87.3	26	12.7
	High school	217	87.9	30	12.1
	Junior college	151	90.4	16	9.6
	Graduate	103	90.4	11	9.6
	Postgraduate	38	95	2	5
	Illiterate	155	73.5	56	26.5
Monthly per capita income	Up to Rs. 1000	322	87.7	45	12.3	2.5, 0.47
	Between Rs. 1001 and Rs. 2000	227	86.3	36	13.7
	Between Rs. 2001 and Rs. 5000	244	83.8	47	16.2
	More than Rs. 5001	70	83.3	14	16.7
Occupation	Professional	57	86.4	9	13.6	22.4, 0.01
	Semiprofessional	15	78.9	4	21.1
	Clerical, shop-owners, farm owners	23	95.8	1	4.2
	Skilled worker	33	91.7	3	8.3
	Semiskilled worker	58	90.6	6	9.4
	Unskilled worker	123	84.2	23	15.8
	Housewife	415	85	73	15
	Retired	9	52.9	8	47.1
	Unemployed	130	89.7	15	10.3