Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study in Urban Varanasi
Table 5
Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension
according to sociodemographic characteristics and behavioral risk factors.
| | Variables | Total 559 | Normal | Prehypertension | Hypertension | Test of significance |
| | Sex | | Male | 263 | 40 (15.2) | 138 (52.5) | 85 (32.3) | p = 0.001
df = 2
χ2 = 52.352 | | Female | 296 | 122 (41.2) | 129 (43.6) | 45 (15.2) | | Age | | 25–34 | 202 | 77 (38.1) | 99 (49.0) | 26 (12.9) | p = 0.001
df = 6
χ2 = 28.822 | | 35–44 | 166 | 43 (25.9) | 83 (50.0) | 40 (24.1) | | 45–54 | 101 | 20 (19.8) | 46 (45.5) | 35 (34.7) | | 55–64 | 90 | 22 (24.4) | 39 (43.3) | 29 (32.2) | | Caste | | Gen | 263 | 62 (23.6) | 140 (53.2) | 61 (23.2) | p = 0.087
df = 4
χ2 = 8.12 | | OBC | 275 | 93 (33.8) | 118 (42.9) | 64 (23.3) | | SC/ST | 21 | 7 (33.3) | 9 (42.9) | 5 (23.8) | | Marital status | | Unmarried | 58 | 22 (37.9) | 27 (46.6) | 9 (15.5) | p = 0.033
Df = 4
χ2 = 10.501 | | Married | 473 | 126 (26.6) | 231 (48.8) | 116 (24.5) | | Others | 28 | 14 (50.0) | 9 (32.1) | 5 (17.9) | | Occupation | | Government | 75 | 4 (5.3) | 40 (53.3) | 31 (41.3) | p = 0.001
df = 10
χ2 = 51.488 | | Private | 142 | 36 (25.4) | 75 (52.8) | 31 (21.8) | | Self-employed | 100 | 27 (27.0) | 45 (45.0) | 28 (28.0) | | Retired | 15 | 4 (26.7) | 7 (46.7) | 4 (26.7) | | Homemaker | 194 | 82 (42.3) | 87 (44.8) | 25 (12.9) | | Others | 33 | 9 (27.3) | 13 (39.4) | 11 (33.3) | | Education | | Illiterate | 57 | 23 (40.3) | 18 (31.6) | 16 (28.1) | p = 0.009
df = 6
χ2 = 17.049 | | Primary | 71 | 25 (35.2) | 34 (47.9) | 12 (16.9) | | Secondary | 157 | 53 (33.7) | 67 (42.7) | 37 (23.6) | | Graduate & above | 274 | 61 (22.3) | 148 (54.0) | 65 (23.7) | | Socioeconomic status | | Lower | 38 | 11 (28.9) | 15 (39.5) | 12 (31.6) | p = 0.001
df = 8
χ2 = 30.454 | | Lower middle | 99 | 42 (42.4) | 37 (37.4) | 20 (20.2) | | Middle | 112 | 37 (33.0) | 51 (45.5) | 24 (21.4) | | Upper middle | 120 | 39 (32.5) | 64 (53.3) | 17 (14.2) | | Upper | 190 | 33 (17.4) | 100 (52.6) | 57 (30.0) | | Tobacco use | | Nonusers | 391 | 127 (32.5) | 188 (48.1) | 76 (19.4) | χ2 = 13.685
df = 2
p = 0.001 | | Users | 168 | 35 (20.8) | 79 (47.0) | 54 (32.1) | | Alcohol use | | Nonusers | 498 | 149 (29.9) | 240 (48.2) | 109 (21.9) | χ2 = 5.239
df = 2
p = 0.073 | | Users | 61 | 13 (21.3) | 27 (44.3) | 21 (34.4) | | Physical activity | | Inactive | 55 | 10 (18.2) | 36 (65.5) | 9 (16.4) | χ2 = 7.968
df = 2
p = 0.021 | | Active | 504 | 152 (30.2) | 231 (45.8) | 121 (24.0) |
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Excluding known hypertensive.
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