The Predictors of High Dietary Salt Intake among Hypertensive Patients in Iran

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

	All	Women	Men
	N = 205	129 (62.9)	76 (37.1)
Age (year)				0.001^a
Under 33	8 (3.9)^c	5 (9.0)^c	3 (3.9)^c
34–43	19 (9.3)	18 (14.0)	1 (1.3)
44–53	61 (29.8)	44 (34.1)	17 (22.4)
54–59	34 (16.6)	22 (17.1)	12 (15.8)
60 and above	83 (40.5)	40 (31)	43 (56.6)
M (SD)^e	56.34 (12.88)	53.2 (11.47)	61.63 (13.18)
Education level (year)				0.190^b
0	118 (57.6)	77 (59.7)	41 (53.9)
1–6	69 (33.7)	41 (31.8)	28 (36.8)
7 and above	18 (8.8)	11 (8.5)	7 (9.2)
M (SD)^e	2.20 (3.06)	1.98 (3.02)	2.57 (3.13)
Occupation				<0.001^d
Employed	77 (37.6)	7 (5.4)	70 (92.1)
Unemployed	128 (62.4)	122 (94.6)	6 (7.9)
FAS (item)^f				0.41^d
High level (15–23)	95 (46.3)	61 (64.2)	34 (35.8)
Low/moderate level (0–14)	110 (53.7)	68 (61.8)	42 (38.2)
BMI (kg/m^2)^g				0.017^b
Underweight (18.51–25.00)	25 (12.2)^a	10 (7.8)^a	15 (19.7)^a
Normal weight (25.01–30.00)	79 (38.5)	48 (37.2)	31 (40.8)
Overweight and obesity (30.01 and above)	101 (49.3)	71 (55.0)	30 (39.5)
Blood pressure level (systolic/diastolic)				0.001^c
Normotensive (under 140/90)	141 (68.8)	101 (78.3)	40 (52.6)
Borderline^d	43 (21)	19 (14.7)	24 (31.6)
Hypertensive (over 140/90)	21 (10.2)	9 (7.0)	12 (15.8)

^{a, b, d} value derived from independent t-test, chi-squared test, Fishers’ exact test, and ^cN(%) presented. ^eMean (standard deviation) and ^fFamily Affluence Scale. ^aN(%) presented and ^b,c value derived from chi-squared test and Fishers’ exact test. ^dBorderline = systolic ≤ 140 and diastolic > 90, systolic > 140 and diastolic ≤ 90.