The Predictors of High Dietary Salt Intake among Hypertensive Patients in Iran
Table 2
Distribution of frequency and percentage of patient blood pressure based on sex sodium intake.
All N = 205
Women 129(62.9)
Men 76(37.1)
Sodium intakea
<2000
2000–3000
>3000
<2000
2000–3000
>3000
<2000
2000–3000
>3000
Blood pressureb
Normotensive (<140/90)
26 (18.4)
33 (23.4)
82 (58.2)
15 (14.9)
22 (21.8)
64 (63.4)
11 (27.5)
11 (27.5)
18 (45.0)
Borderlinec
7 (16.3)
13 (30.2)
23 (5.53)
0 (0.0)
5 (26.3)
14 (7.73)
7 (29.2)
8 (33.3)
9 (5.37)
Hypertensive (≥140/90)
4 (19.0)
5 (23.8)
12 (57.1)
7 (16.3)
3 (3.33)
4 (4.44)
2 (7.16)
2 (7.16)
8 (7.66)
0.929d
0.226d
0.651d
amgr, bsystolic/diastolic, cborderline = systolic ≤ 140 and diastolic > 90, systolic > 140 and diastolic ≤ 90, and d value derived from chi-squared test.