The Predictors of High Dietary Salt Intake among Hypertensive Patients in Iran
Table 5
Patient knowledge on the recommended salt intake for healthy and unhealthy people.
Recommended salt intake for healthy people
Recommended salt intake for unhealthy people
Correct answera N (%)
c
Correct answerb N (%)
c
Sex
Women
11 (8.5)
<0.001d
43 (33.3)
0.538e
Men
23 (30.3)
22 (28.9)
All
34 (16.6)
65 (31.7)
Education level (year)
0.887d
0.420d
0
19 (16.2)
38 (31.6)
1–6
11 (15.9)
20 (29.0)
7 and above
4 (22.2)
7 (38.9)
Occupation
0.002e
<0.001d
Employed
21 (61.0)
23 (35)
Unemployed/
13 (38.0)
42 (64)
FAS (item)g
0.060d
0.452e
High level (15–23)
21 (22.1)
33 (34.7)
Low/moderate level (0–14)
13 (11.8)
32 (29.1)
BMI (kg/m2)j
0.882d
0.649e
Underweight (18.51–25.00)
5 (20.0)
6 (24.0)
Normal weight (25.01–30.00)
13 (15.5)
25 (31.6)
Overweight and obesity (30.01 and above)
16 (15.8)
34 (33.7)
Blood pressure (systolic/diastolic)
<0.001d
<0.001e
Normotensive (under 140/90)
19 (13.0)
50 (35.0)
Borderlinek
9 (20.0)
12 (27.9)
Hypertensive (≥140/90)
6 (28.0)
3 (14.0)
a,Patient’s knowledge about recommended optimal salt intake for healthy people, bpatient’s knowledge about recommended optimal salt intake for unhealthy people, and c,d,e value derived from chi-squared test and Fishers’ exact test. gFamily Affluence Scale, jbody mass index, and kborderline: cystolic≤140 and diastolic >90, systolic >140 and diastolic ≤90.