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

Table 2

Univariate analysis of influencing factors of hypertension.

Variables	Hypertension		χ^2
	Yes (n (%))	No (n (%))
Gender			9.639	0.002
Male	164 (54.7)	280 (43.8)
Female	136 (45.3)	359 (56.2)
Age (years)			21.085	<0.001
18–29	47 (15.7)	159 (24.9)
30–44	99 (33.0)	248 (38.8)
45–59	129 (43.0)	197 (30.8)
≥60	25 (8.3)	35 (5.5)
Educational level			24.348	<0.001
Primary school or below	89 (29.7)	120 (18.8)
Junior high school	137 (45.7)	273 (42.7)
High school and secondary school	56 (18.7)	165 (25.8)
College degree and above	18 (6.0)	81 (12.7)
Occupational status			5.384	0.068
First category	149 (49.7)	315 (49.3)
Second category	63 (21.0)	100 (15.6)
Third category	88 (29.3)	224 (35.1)
Marital status			3.291	0.070
Married	245 (81.7)	551 (86.2)
Unmarried	55 (18.3)	88 (13.8)
Medical insurance			5.648	0.130
No	44 (14.7)	109 (17.1)
Others	42 (14.0)	58 (9.1)
Medical insurance for urban residents/new rural cooperative medical insurance	141 (47.0)	317 (49.6)
Medical insurance for urban employees	73 (24.3)	155 (24.3)
Smoking			5.863	0.015
Yes	82 (27.3)	129 (20.3)
No	218 (72.7)	508 (79.7)
Drinking			1.228	0.268
Yes	51 (17.0)	90 (14.2)
No	249 (83.0)	543 (85.8)
Family history of hypertension			16.401	<0.001
Yes	80 (27.1)	100 (15.8)
No	215 (72.9)	532 (84.2)
Overweight or obesity			7.878	0.005
Yes	97 (33.9)	268 (43.8)
No	189 (66.1)	344 (56.2)
Physical activity			4.099	0.129
Low level	42 (14.4)	65 (10.4)
Moderate level	99 (33.9)	202 (32.2)
High level	151 (51.7)	360 (57.4)