Physical Activity, Obesity, and Hypertension among Adults in a Rapidly Urbanised City

Table 1

Individual characteristics of study participants, overall and by gender.

Variables	All		Male		Female
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)							0.244
18–29	226	22.6	108	47.8	118	52.2
30–44	374	37.4	187	50.0	187	50.0
45–59	339	33.9	144	42.5	195	57.5
≥60	62	6.2	29	46.8	33	53.2
Educational level							<0.001
Primary school or below	218	21.8	74	33.9	144	66.1
Junior high school	439	43.9	195	44.4	244	55.6
High school and secondary school	239	23.9	140	58.6	99	41.4
College degree and above	105	10.5	59	56.2	46	43.8
Occupational status							0.181
First category	497	49.7	234	47.1	263	52.9
Second category	174	17.4	71	40.8	103	59.2
Third category	330	33.0	163	49.4	167	50.6
Marital status							0.002
Married	851	85.0	415	48.8	436	51.2
Unmarried	150	15.0	53	35.3	97	64.7
Smoking							<0.001
Yes	224	22.4	221	98.7	3	1.3
No	775	77.6	246	31.7	529	68.3
Drinking							<0.001
Yes	150	15.1	133	88.7	17	11.3
No	845	84.9	333	39.4	512	60.6
Family history of hypertension							0.817
Yes	189	19.1	90	47.6	99	52.4
No	799	80.9	373	46.7	426	53.3
Physical activity level							0.005
Low level	111	11.3	56	50.5	55	49.5
Moderate level	315	32.1	123	39.0	192	61.0
High level	554	56.5	278	50.2	276	49.8
Overweight or obesity							0.839
No	545	59.6	257	47.2	288	52.8
Yes	370	40.4	177	47.8	193	52.2
Hypertension							0.002
No	639	68.1	280	43.8	359	56.2
Yes	300	31.9	164	54.7	136	45.3

First category: agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, production, transportation equipment operations, business, and service personnel. Second category: state agencies, institutions, civil servants, professional and technical personnel, and students. Third category: unemployment, housework, and retired persons.