Research Article
Factors Affecting Hypertension in the Adult Population of the Marmara Region, Turkey: A Descriptive Field Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic features, body measures, and duration of hypertension of the study participants.
| | n | % |
| Province | | | | | | | Balıkesir | | 32 | | 1.4 | | Bilecik | | 24 | | 1.0 | | Bursa | | 670 | | 28.5 | | Edirne | | 17 | | 0.7 | | İstanbul | | 813 | | 34.6 | | Kırklareli | | 27 | | 1.1 | | Kocaeli | | 508 | | 21.6 | | Sakarya | | 68 | | 2.9 | | Tekirdağ | | 149 | | 6.3 | | Yalova | | 45 | | 1.9 |
| Gender | | | | | | | Female | | 1.449 | | 61.6 | | Male | | 904 | | 38.4 |
| Marital status | | | | | | | Single | | 493 | | 21.0 | | Married | | 1.860 | | 79.0 |
| Level of education | | | | | | | Primary school or below | | 1.238 | | 52.6 | | Secondary school | | 503 | | 21.4 | | High school | | 309 | | 13.1 | | University | | 303 | | 12.9 |
| Monthly income | | | | | | | Over 10,000 TL | | 43 | | 1.8 | | 5,000 TL to 10,000 TL | | 221 | | 9.4 | | Minimum wage or below | | 1.074 | | 45.6 | | Minimum wage x 2 | | 500 | | 21.2 | | Minimum wage x 2 to 5,000 TL | | 515 | | 21.9 |
| Diet (daily salt intake) | | | | | | | 1 teaspoon | | 576 | | 24.6 | | 1 dessert spoon | | 563 | | 24.1 | | 1 tablespoon | | 173 | | 7.4 | | No | | 1.026 | | 43.9 |
| Alcohol use | | | | | | | Does not use | | 2.141 | | 91.0 | | Social drinker | | 178 | | 7.6 | | Continuous use | | 34 | | 1.4 |
| Smoking | | | | | | | Quit | | 407 | | 17.3 | | Uses | | 331 | | 14.1 | | Does not use | | 1.615 | | 68.6 |
| Etiology | | | | | | | Primary | | 1.555 | | 73.1 | | Secondary | | 572 | | 26.9 |
| Exercise | | | | | | | Yes | | 1.614 | | 68.6 | | No | | 739 | | 31.4 |
| | n | Mean ± SD | Median | (Min/max) | P. (25/75) | P. (5/95) | Height (cm) | 2.305 | 163.00 ± 9.34 | 162.00 | (140/205) | (156/170) | (15/179) | Weight (kg) | 2.305 | 80.05 ± 14.90 | 79.00 | (40/138) | (70/89) | (58/107) | BMI (kg/m2) | 2.305 | 30.16 ± 5.31 | 29.65 | (15.57/55.26) | (26.51/33.2) | (22.53/39.67) | Waist (cm) | 2.303 | 100.71 ± 33.17 | 100.00 | (10/1138) | (91/109) | (79/121) | Hip (cm) | 2.303 | 112.78 | 108.00 | (50/8893) | (101/116) | (92/130) | Duration of HT(months) | 2.353 | 15.94 ± 15.53 | 11.00 | (1/49) | (5/21) | (1/49) |
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P.: percentile, min: minimum, max: maximum, SD: standard deviation. BMI: body mass index; duration of HT: duration of hypertension.
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