Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Modifiable Risk Factors for Hypertension in a Rural Local Government Area of Oyo State South West Nigeria
Table 2
Sociodemographic characteristics of subjects with and without hypertension.
| | Variable | Hypertension | | value | | Yes (84) | No (283) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | 15–24 | 7 (16.28) | 36 (83.72) | 9.82 | 0.13 | | 25–34 | 5 (16.67) | 25 (83.33) | | 35–44 | 21 (18.10) | 95 (81.90) | | 45–54 | 22 (23.91) | 70 (76.09) | | 55–64 | 17 (31.48) | 37 (68.52) | | 65–74 | 10 (35.71) | 18 (64.29) | | >75 | 2 (50.00) | 2 (50.00) | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 49 (29.52) | 117 (70.48) | 7.55 | *0.01 | | Female | 35 (17.42) | 166 (82.59) | | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 26 (21.49) | 95 (78.51) | **0.23 | 0.90 | | Married | 52 (23.64) | 168 (76.36) | | Widow | 6 (23.08) | 20 (76.92) | | Educational status | | | | | | No formal education | 26 (25.24) | 77 (74.75) | **0.95 | 0.80 | | Primary | 32 (20.91) | 121 (79.08) | | Secondary | 24 (24.24) | 75 (75.75) | | Tertiary | 2 (16.67) | 10 (83.33) | | Occupation | | | | | | Farming | 45 (23.44) | 147 (76.56) | **3.33 | 0.34 | | Trading | 11 (15.71) | 59 (84.29) | | Government worker | 4 (21.05) | 15 (78.94) | | Others | 24 (27.91) | 62 (72.09) |
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Fisher’s exact * < 0.05.
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