High Prevalence and Low Awareness of Hypertension in a Market Population in Enugu, Nigeria

Table 2

Correlation analysis of hypertension and risk factors for hypertension.

	𝑟	𝑃-value
Age	−.411	<.001
Sex	−.088	.022
Smoking	−.095	.016
Tobacco snuff	−.169	.001
Alcohol	−.270	<.001
BMI	−.344	<.001
WHR	−.290	<.001
WC	−.367	<.001
Educational status	.128	.001

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, WHR: waist-hip ratio, WC: waist circumference.