Research Article
Behavioural Risk Factors, Hypertension Knowledge, and Hypertension in Rural India
Table 3
Chi square shows distribution of risk factors in association with hypertension status.
| | Risk factors | Hypertensive, 64 (n %) | Nonhypertensive, 199 (n %) | Total | df | |
| | Smoking | | Current smokers | 5 (7.8) | 27 (13.5) | 32 (12.1) | 1 | 0.22 | | Nonsmokers | 59 (92.1) | 172 (86.4) | 231 (88.4) | | |
| | Smokeless tobacco | | Smokeless tobacco users | 27 (42.1) | 73 (36.6) | 100 (38) | 1 | 0.43 | | Smokeless tobacco nonusers | 37 (57.8) | 126 (63.3) | 163 (61.9) | | |
| | Alcohol consumption | | Current alcohol consumers | 11 (17.1) | 31 (15.5) | 42 (15.9) | 1 | 0.76 | | Nonconsumers | 53 (82.8) | 168 (84.4) | 220 (83.6) | | |
| | Fruit and vegetable consumption | | >5 servings of fruit and vegetable consumption/day | 3 (4.6) | 3 (1.5) | 6 (2.2) | 1 | 0.157 | | <5 servings of fruit and vegetable consumption/day | 61 (95.3) | 196 (98.4) | 257 (97.7) | | |
| | Physical activity | | Less than the recommended level by the WHO (600 MET-minutes/week) | 26 (40.6) | 60 (30.1) | 86 (32.6) | 1 | 0.12 | | More than the recommended level by the WHO (600 MET-minutes/week) | 38 (59.3) | 139 (69.8) | 177 (67.3) | | |
| | BMI | | Underweight | 9 (14) | 40 (20.1) | 49 (18.6) | 3 | 0.08 | | Normal | 33 (51.5) | 120 (60.3) | 153 (58.9) | | | | Overweight | 18 (28.1) | 29 (14.5) | 47 (17.8) | | | | Obese | 4 (6) | 10 (5) | 14 (5.3) | | |
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