Prevalence of Hypertension and Determination of Its Risk Factors in Rural Delhi

Table 2

Modifiable risk factors of hypertension in study subjects.

Variable	Subgroups	Group				, value
		Nonhypertensive		Hypertensive
			%		%
Present tobacco use	Yes	92	82.1	20	17.9	1.4, 0.2
	No	771	86.3	122	13.7
Past tobacco use	Yes	3	75	1	25	0.4, 0.5
	No	860	85.9	141	14.1
Alcohol use ever	Yes	48	78.7	13	21.3	2.9, 0.2
	No	815	86.4	129	13.6
Alcohol use in the past one year	Yes	35	72.9	13	27.1	6.9, 0.02
	No	828	86.5	129	13.5
Total cholesterol	Raised	249	79.3	65	20.7	16.2, 0.01
	Normal	614	88.9	77	11.1
HDL	Decreased	824	85.7	138	14.3	0.86, 0.35
	Normal	39	90.7	4	9.3
Triglycerides	Raised	177	80.5	43	19.5	6.8, 0.01
	Normal	680	87.4	98	12.6
Body mass index	Underweight	95	91.3	9	8.7	8.87, 0.03
	Normal	272	89.2	33	10.8
	Overweight	133	83.6	26	16.4
	Obese	363	83.1	74	16.9
Brisk walk or cycling daily for 30 minutes	Yes	700	86.5	109	13.5	1.47, 0.2
	No	163	83.2	33	16.8