Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertension in Greater Beirut Area, Lebanon

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study sample.

			N ()
Total sample			501
Demographic	Age	≤ 30	107 (21.4%)
		31-40	78 (15.6%)
		41-50	118 (23.6%)
		51-60	123 (24.6%)
		> 60	75 (14.9%)
	Age	mean ± SD	45.4 ± 15.0
	Gender	Males	179 (35.7%)
		Females	322 (64.3%)
	Marital status	Married	332 (66.3%)
		Single	98 (19.6%)
		Others	71 (14.2%)
Socioeconomic	Income	<600$	153 (33.8%)
		600-999.9$	170 (37.5%)
		1000-2000$	90 (19.9%)
		>2000$	40 (8.8%)
	Education	No school /Primary	181 (36.3%)
		Intermediate/Secondary/Technical	263 (52.8%)
		University degree	54 (10.8%)
Lifestyle habits	Smoking cigarettes	Never	236 (47.1%)
		Current	216 (43.1%)
		Ex-smoker	49 (9.8%)
	Narghileh Smoking	Never	311 (62.1%)
		Current	142 (28.3%)
		Ex-smoker	48 (9.6%)
	Alcohol drinking	Never	372 (74.3%)
		Current	95 (19.0%)
		Ex-smoker	34 (6.8%)
	Coffee drinking		403 (80.4%)
	Physical activity		422 (84.2%)