Research Article
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Orthostatic Hypotension and Its Severity in Residents Aged > 60 years: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | | With OH (n = 516) | Without OH (n = 3867) | value |
| | Sex, n (%) | Male | 194 (37.6) | 1732 (44.8) | 0.002 | | Female | 322 (62.4) | 2135 (55.2) |
| | Age (years), n (%) | <70 | 258 (50.0) | 1890 (48.9) | 0.344 | | 70–80 | 190 (36.8) | 1527 (39.5) | | >80 | 68 (13.2) | 450 (11.6) |
| | Marital status, n (%) | Spinsterhood | 25 (4.8) | 53 (1.4) | <0.001 | | Married | 391 (75.8) | 2879 (74.5) | | divorced | 7 (1.4) | 54 (1.4) | | Widowed | 93 (22.518) | 881 (22.8) |
| | Social activities, n (%) | None | 92 (17.8) | 518 (13.4) | <0.001 | | Rare | 64 (12.4) | 413 (10.7) | | Few | 136 (26.4) | 813 (21.0) | | General | 165 (32.0) | 1525 (39.4) | | Abundant | 59 (11.4) | 598 (15.5) |
| | Hypertension, n (%) | Yes | 267 (51.7) | 1856 (47.9) | 0.039 |
| | Hypertension control, n (%) | Good | 157 (30.4) | 1200 (45.4) | <0.001 | | Bad | 70 (13.6) | 305 (14.5) |
| | Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) | Yes | 115 (22.3) | 632 (16.3) | 0.001 |
| | Migraines, n (%) | Yes | 47 (9.1) | 207 (5.4) | 0.001 |
| | Heart disease, n (%) | Yes | 118 (22.9) | 613 (15.9) | <0.001 |
| | Diabetes, n (%) | Yes | 76 (14.7) | 548 (14.2) | 0.734 |
| | Smoking, n (%) | Yes | 141 (27.3) | 1029 (26.6) | 0.730 |
| | Drinking, n (%) | Yes | 124 (24.0) | 900 (23.3) | 0.703 |
| | General anesthesia surgery, n (%) | Yes | 104 (20.2) | 495 (12.8) | <0.001 |
| | Mental disease (anxiety or depression), n (%) | Yes | 53 (10.2) | 264 (6.82) | 0.005 |
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