Awareness of Salt Intake among Community-Dwelling Elderly at Coastal Area: The Role of Public Health Access Program

Table 2

Demographic variables of the 51 subjects who participated in the study.

Variables	Mean ± SD or n (%)
Continuous variables
Age (year)	56.98 ± 5.7
Length of stay (year)	52.8 ± 12.57
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	25.96 ± 4.85
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	132.25 ± 17.78
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	83.63 ± 10.3
Categorical variables
Blood pressure
Norm tension	32 (62.7%)
Hypertension	19 (37.3%)
Education level
Elementary school	34 (66.7%)
Junior high school	12 (23.5%)
Senior high school	5 (9.8%)
Consume antihypertensive drug
Yes	15 (29.4%)
No	36 (70.59%)