Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Municipalities of Kathmandu, Nepal
Table 2
Association of sociodemographic characteristics with hypertension.
Variables
Categories
Hypertension
value
Yes
No
(%)
(%)
Gender
Male
93 (38.4)
149 (61.6)
0.011
Female
98 (28.4)
247 (71.6)
Age groups
<30 years
7 (5.9)
111 (94.1)
<0.001
30–39 years
22 (16.1)
115 (83.9)
40–49 years
71 (47.3)
79 (52.7)
50–59 years
45 (45.0)
55 (55.0)
≥60 years
46 (56.1)
36 (43.9)
Education
No formal education
72 (41.9)
100 (58.1)
<0.01
Primary and lower
33 (39.8)
50 (60.2)
Secondary
37 (28.7)
92 (71.3)
Higher secondary
22 (22.2)
77 (77.8)
Bachelor and higher
27 (26.0)
77 (74.0)
Ethnicity
Brahman
54 (26.2)
152 (73.8)
0.049
Chetri
55 (32.2)
116 (67.8)
Newar
46 (38.7)
73 (61.3)
Other
36 (50.0)
3 (50.0)
Occupation
Job
32 (31.7)
69 (68.3)
0.725
Self-employed
43 (30.5)
98 (69.5)
Homemaker
85 (35.1)
157 (64.9)
Others
31 (30.1)
72 (69.9)
Marital status
Unmarried
8 (11.8)
60 (88.2)
<0.001
Married
167 (34.3)
320 (65.7)
Others (separated or widow)
16 (50.0)
16 (50.0)
Socioeconomic status
Below poverty line
95 (33.3)
190 (66.7)
0.665
Above poverty line
94 (31.6)
203 (68.4)
Note: primary and lower education, grade 1–5; secondary, grade 6–10; higher secondary, grade 11-12; job, governmental or nongovernmental employment; self-employed, working for oneself as a freelancer or the owner of a business or working in own farm; homemaker, a person, especially a housewife, who manages a home; other occupation, volunteer or student or unemployed or retired; below poverty line, income less than 40,933 Nepalese Rupees per annum.
