Research Article
Behavioural Risk Factors, Hypertension Knowledge, and Hypertension in Rural India
Table 2
Chi square shows distribution of risk factors in association with gender.
| | Risk factors | Males (123) | Females (140) | Total | df | |
| | Smoking | | Current smokers | 32 (26.1) | 0 (0) | 32 (12.1) | 1 | 0.01 | | Nonsmokers | 91 (73.9) | 140 (100) | 231 (87.8) | | |
| | Smokeless tobacco | | Smokeless tobacco users | 48 (39.1) | 52 (37.1) | 100 (38.1) | 1 | 0.75 | | Smokeless tobacco nonusers | 75(60.9) | 88 (62.8) | 163(61.9) | | |
| | Alcohol consumption | | Current alcohol consumers | 41 (33.3) | 1 (0.7) | 42 (15.9) | 1 | 0.01 | | Nonconsumers | 82 (66.6) | 139 (99.3) | 221 (84.3) | | |
| | Fruit and vegetable consumption | | >5 servings of fruit and vegetable consumption/day | 5(4) | 1 (0.8) | 6 (2.2) | 1 | 0.07 | | <5 servings of fruit and vegetable consumption/day | 118 (95.9) | 139 (99.2) | 257 (97.7) | | |
| | Physical activity | | Less than the recommended level by the WHO (600 MET-minutes/week) | 40 (32.5) | 46 (32.8) | 86 (32.6) | 1 | 0.95 | | More than the recommended level by the WHO (600 MET-minutes/week) | 83 (67.4) | 94 (67.1) | 177 (67.3) | | |
| | BMI | | Underweight | 20 (16.2) | 29 (20.7) | 49 (18.6) | 3 | 0.82 | | Normal | 73 (59.3) | 80 (57.1) | 153 (58.1) | | | | Overweight | 23 (18.6) | 24 (17.1) | 47 (17.8) | | | | Obese | 7 (5.6) | 7 (5) | 14 (5.3) | | |
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