Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension in Two Communes in the Vietnam Northern Mountainous, 2017

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of research subjects .

Characteristics	No.	%
Age groups
18–34	59	8.7
35–54	179	26.5
≥55	437	64.7
Median (Min – Max )	60 ( 18 – 95)
Gender
Male	217	32.2
Female	458	67.8
Ethnic groups
Kinh	98	14.5
Tay	477	70.7
Dao	57	8.4
	43	6.4
Occupation
Farmer	610	90.4
	65	9.6
Educational
No school / illiteracy	61	9.1
Primary	254	37.6
Junior high school	266	39.4
High school or higher	94	13.9
BMI
Underweight (BMI <18.5)	97	14.4
Normal (18.5≤ BMI <23.0)	395	58.5
Overweight (23.0≤ BMI <25.0)	90	13.3
Obese (BMI ≥25.0)	93	13.8

Others: Nung, Mong, and Muong ethnic group.
Others: officers, manual worker, retirees, and freelancer.