The Magnitude of Salt Intake Behaviors and Its Predictors among Saqez Urban Population of Kurdistan District in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics.

	Man	Woman	All	value
Age (year)	28.33 (44.9)	66.32 (55.9)	83.32 (52.9)	0.432^a
Occupation				0.001^b
Employed	203 (98.5)	172 (30.8)	375 (49.1)
Unemployed	3 (1.5)	386 (69.2)	389 (50.9)
Education (year)				0.230^b
12 and above	142 (68.9)	357 (64)	499 (65.3)
Under 12	64 (31.1)	201 (36)	265 (34.7)
FAS (item)^c				0.016^b
Low (0–17)	114( 23.7)	368 (76.3)	482 (63.3)
Medium (18–28)	90 (33.3)	180 (66.7)	270 (35.5)
High (29 and above)	2 (22.2)	7 (77.8)	9 (1.2)
Weight (kgr)				0.001^a
M(SD)^d	81.87 (48.17)	69.51 (11.73)	72.83 (27.44)
Waist (cm)				0.562^a
M(SD)^d	88.70 (15.29)	88.10 (11.31)	88.26 (12.49)	0.562
Waist category
Low^e	188 (91.3)	264 (47.3)	452 (59.2)	0.001^a
High^f	(8.7) 18	(52.7) 294	312 (40.8)
BMI (weight^kgr/height ^cm2)
M(SD)^d	26.17 (3.85)	26.94 (4.10)	26.74 (4/04)	0.018^a
Underweight < 18.5	8 (61.53)	5 (38.46)	13 (1.7)	0.025
18.5–24.9	71 (28.17)	181 (71.82)	252 (32.9)
25–29.9	97 (26/35)	270 (73.36)	368 (48)
Blood pressure (mmHg)
M(SD)^d	115.78 (12.28)	110.64 (43.99)	110/65(12.02)	0.441^a
Systolic/diastolic pressure category N(%)				0.001^a
Under 140/90	201 (97.6)	547 (98.0)	748 (97.9)
140/90 and above	5 (2.4)	11 (2.0)	16 (2.1)

^a value based on t-test. ^bvalue based on chi square test by exact procedure. ^cFAS, family affluence scale. ^dM(SD), mean (standard deviation). ^eWaist category for women, low <88 (cm), ^fhigh ≥88 (cm) and above. ^gmmHg, millimeters of mercury.