Research Article
Prevalence of Hypertension and Determination of Its Risk Factors in Rural Delhi
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study subjects.
| Variable | Subgroups | Group | , value |
Nonhypertensive | Hypertensive | | % | | % |
| Gender | Male | 337 | 86.2 | 54 | 13.8 | 0.05, 0.8 | Female | 526 | 85.7 | 88 | 14.3 |
| Age | Less than 35 years | 428 | 95.3 | 21 | 4.7 | 59.4, 0.01 | More than 35 years | 435 | 78.2 | 121 | 21.8 |
| Religion | Hindu | 842 | 85.9 | 138 | 14.1 | 6.13, 0.04 | Others | 21 | 87.5 | 4 | 12.5 |
| Education level | Primary | 20 | 95.2 | 1 | 4.8 | 36.9, 0.01 | Middle | 179 | 87.3 | 26 | 12.7 | High school | 217 | 87.9 | 30 | 12.1 | Junior college | 151 | 90.4 | 16 | 9.6 | Graduate | 103 | 90.4 | 11 | 9.6 | Postgraduate | 38 | 95 | 2 | 5 | Illiterate | 155 | 73.5 | 56 | 26.5 |
| Monthly per capita income | Up to Rs. 1000 | 322 | 87.7 | 45 | 12.3 | 2.5, 0.47 | Between Rs. 1001 and Rs. 2000 | 227 | 86.3 | 36 | 13.7 | Between Rs. 2001 and Rs. 5000 | 244 | 83.8 | 47 | 16.2 | More than Rs. 5001 | 70 | 83.3 | 14 | 16.7 |
| Occupation | Professional | 57 | 86.4 | 9 | 13.6 | 22.4, 0.01 | Semiprofessional | 15 | 78.9 | 4 | 21.1 | Clerical, shop-owners, farm owners | 23 | 95.8 | 1 | 4.2 | Skilled worker | 33 | 91.7 | 3 | 8.3 | Semiskilled worker | 58 | 90.6 | 6 | 9.4 | Unskilled worker | 123 | 84.2 | 23 | 15.8 | Housewife | 415 | 85 | 73 | 15 | Retired | 9 | 52.9 | 8 | 47.1 | Unemployed | 130 | 89.7 | 15 | 10.3 |
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