Research Article
High Blood Pressure Prevalence and Significant Correlates: A Quantitative Analysis from Coastal Karnataka, India
Table 1
Characteristics of the study subjects.
| | Variables | Males | Females | Total | | no. (%) | no. (%) | no. (%) | | | |
| | Age group (yrs.) | | | | | 30–39 | 115 (26.5) | 252 (31.3) | 367 (29.6) | | 40–49 | 123 (28.4) | 183 (22.8) | 306 (24.6) | | 50–59 | 77 (17.7) | 138 (17.1) | 215 (17.4) | | ≥60 | 119 (27.4) | 232 (28.8) | 351 (28.4) | | Occupation* | | | | | Heavy | 82 (18.9) | 219 (27.3) | 301 (24.4) | | Moderate | 235 (54.1) | 580 (72.0) | 815 (65.7) | | Sedentary | 117 (27.0) | 6 (0.7) | 123 (9.9) | | BMI** | | | | | <24.9 | 316 (72.8) | 576 (71.6) | 892 (72.0) | | 25.0–29.9 | 92 (21.2) | 173 (21.5) | 265 (21.4) | | ≥30.0 | 26 (6.0) | 56 (6.9) | 82 (6.6) | | Waist and hip measurements | | | | | Central obesity | 78 (18.0) | 562 (69.8) | 640 (51.7) | | Truncal obesity | 58 (13.4) | 711 (88.3) | 769 (62.1) | | Presence of Diabetes | 82 (18.8) | 116 (14.4) | 198 (16.0) |
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*Occupation—heavy: unskilled; moderate: housewives, skilled, and service jobs; Sedentary: unemployed/retired.
**Body Mass Index (kg/m2).
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