Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study in Urban Varanasi
Table 4
Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension by gender and age groups among the study subjects (
640).
| | Category | | Age groups (years) | Test of significance | | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 |
| | Men ( 263) | | 84 | 85 | 49 | 45 | χ2 = 22.297
df = 9
p = 0.008 | | Normal | 40 | 18 (45.0) | 10 (25.0) | 3 (7.5) | 9 (22.5) | | Prehypertension | 138 | 51 (37.0) | 48 (34.8) | 21 (15.2) | 18 (13.0) | | HTN stage 1 | 69 | 12 (17.4) | 23 (33.3) | 19 (27.5) | 15 (21.7) | | HTN stage 2 | 16 | 3 (18.8) | 4 (25.0) | 6 (37.5) | 3 (18.8) | | History of HTN | 38 | 0 (0.0) | 6 (15.8) | 15 (39.5) | 17 (44.7) | | Women ( 296) | | 118 | 81 | 52 | 45 | χ2 = 13.983
df = 9
p = 0.123 | | Normal | 122 | 59 (48.4) | 33 (27.0) | 17 (13.9) | 13 (10.7) | | Prehypertension | 129 | 48 (37.2) | 35 (27.1) | 25 (19.4) | 21 (16.3) | | HTN stage 1 | 37 | 10 (27.0) | 10 (27.0) | 7 (18.9) | 10 (27.0) | | HTN stage 2 | 8 | 1 (12.5) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (37.5) | 1 (12.5) | | History of HTN | 43 | 2 (2.5) | 13 (16.0) | 32 (39.5) | 34 (42.0) |
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