Hypertension in Jordan: Prevalence, Awareness, Control, and Its Associated Factors

Table 1

The sociodemographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics of participants according to gender.

	Men		Women		Total	P-value
	n	%	n	%	N
Age (year)						<0.001
<50	648	54.4	1966	68.8	2614
≥50	543	45.6	890	31.2	1433
Marital status						<0.001
Single	144	12.1	462	16.1	606
Married	1049	87.9	2401	83.9	3450
Region						<0.001
North	390	32.7	922	32.2	1312
Middle	471	39.5	1295	45.2	1766
South	332	27.8	646	22.6	978
Smoking status						<0.001
None smoker	592	49.6	2628	91.8	3220
Past smoker	206	17.3	46	1.6	252
Current smoker	395	33.1	189	6.6	584
Family history of hypertension	665	56.2	1734	61.1	2399	<0.001
Diagnosed with hypertension	336	28.5	614	21.6	950	<0.001
Body mass index (Kg/m^2)						<0.001
Normal	264	22.7	639	22.7	903
Overweight	479	41.2	822	29.2	1301
Obesity	419	36.1	1357	48.2	1776
Increased waist circumference	797	67.3	2198	77.7	2995	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus	658	55.2	1069	37.3	1727	<0.001
High triglycerides level	647	54.2	1036	36.2	1683	<0.001
Low HDL	732	61.4	1659	57.9	2391	<0.001

Fasting blood sugar >100mg/dl or diagnosed with diabetes or on diabetes medication.