Hypertension Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Middle-Aged Adults in Chongqing, China

Table 1

Characteristics of participants in Chongqing, China.


Characteristic	Hypertensive ()	Nonhypertensive ()	value

Gender (%)			<0.0001
Male	75.3	53.5
Female	24.7	46.6
Educational level (%)			0.499
Low	16.7	15.1
Medium	45.3	50.5
High	38.0	34.5
Marital status (%)			0.038
Unmarried/divorced or separated/widowed	12.0	7.2
Married or cohabitation	88.0	92.83
Job conditions (%)			0.678
Unemployed/retired at home	52.7	54.5
Employed	47.3	45.5
Average monthly income (%)			0.232
<1600 Yuan	52.7	57.8
>1601 Yuan	47.3	42.2
Smoking (%)			0.0002
Yes	52.7	36.7
No	47.3	63.3
Alcohol drinking (%)			<0.001
Yes	28.7	45.5
No	71.3	54.5
Regular physical activity (%)			0.614
Seldom/sometimes	78.7	76.8
Usually	21.3	23.2
Have a regular daily life (%)			0.525
Seldom/sometimes	94.7	93.3
Usually	5.3	6.7
Sleep quality (%)			0.049
Good	32.7	41.1
Poor/average	67.3	58.9
Perception of family relationships (%)			0.597
Harmonious	74.0	76.0
Poor/average	26.0	24.0
Perception of relationships with colleague or friends (%)			0.274
Harmonious	78.0	73.8
Poor/average	22.0	26.2
Current living conditions (%)			0.868
Satisfactory	53.3	52.6
Unsatisfactory/average	46.7	47.4
Body mass index (mean, SD)	24.792 ± 4.2638	23.112 ± 8.6582	<0.001
Childhood breastfeeding history (%)			0.011
Breastfeeding	73.3	82.0
Nonbreastfeeding	26.7	18.0