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/m^2)	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)

P.: percentile, min: minimum, max: maximum, SD: standard deviation. BMI: body mass index; duration of HT: duration of hypertension.