Research Article

Hypertension and Associated Factors in Rural and Urban Areas Mali: Data from the STEP 2013 Survey

Table 3

Description of continuous variables of 495 hypertensive subjects in rural and urban setting in Mali.

ā€‰RuralUrbanTotal
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSD

Age47.0011813.21448.0337713.24347.7849513.2300.451
Weight (Kg)68.5011613.30575.4737616.51073.8349216.076<0.0001
Height (cm)165.7611809.708167.6037509.711167.164939.7320.074
BMI24.8311604.34626.2937405.51626.414905.330<0.0001
WC85.4811411.81992.7936814.12391.0648213.952<0.0001
HC93.5011512.914102.3133415.315100.0544915.218<0.0001
rWH0.921110.0870.913280.1080.924390.1030.634
Glycemia116.2311729.638120.1836366.882119.2248059.9680.536

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; rWH: waist-to-hip ratio.