Research Article
Patterns of Raised Blood Pressure in Vietnam: Findings from the WHO STEPS Survey 2015
Table 3
General characteristics of the study respondents, STEPS Vietnam 2015.
| | | Sample size and unweighted percentage, n | Weighted percentage |
| | Gender | | | | Men | 1320 (42.9) | 49.5 | | Women | 1760 (57.1) | 50.5 | | Age group | | | | 18–29 | 489 (15.9) | 32.4 | | 30–49 | 1500 (48.7) | 43.6 | | 50–69 | 1091 (35.4) | 24.0 | | Residence | | | | Urban | 1380 (44.8) | 34.9 | | Rural | 1700 (55.2) | 65.1 | | Ethnicity | | | | Kinh | 2514 (81.6) | 80.2 | | Others | 566 (18.4) | 19.8 | | Education | | | | Primary school or less | 1248 (40.5) | 37.8 | | Secondary school | 1330 (43.2) | 45.2 | | University/college | 495 (16.1) | 17.0 | | Occupation | | | | Senior officials and professionals | 260 (8.4) | 8.7 | | Elementary occupations | 1504 (48.8) | 48.5 | | Others | 1316 (42.7) | 42.8 | | Income level | | | | Lower income | 1493 (48.5) | 46.4 | | Middle income | 1055 (34.3) | 35.5 | | Higher income | 532 (17.3) | 18.1 | | BMI | | | | BMI < 25 | 2523 (81.9) | 84.4 | | BMI ≥ 25 | 520 (16.9) | 15.6 | | Smoking status | | | | Nonsmoker | 2354 (76.4) | 74.5 | | Smoker | 720 (23.4) | 25.5 | | Drinking status | | | | Nondrinker | 1861 (60.4) | 55.9 | | Drinker | 1219 (39.6) | 44.1 | | Diabetes status | | | | Diabetes | 155 (5.0) | 4.1 | | Nondiabetes | 2925 (95.0) | 95.9 | | Total | 3080 (100) | |
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