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

Table 4

Bivariate analysis for factors associated with salt intake and hypertension status.

Variable	Salt intake					Blood Pressure
	Total (51) n (%)	Low (<6 g)	High (≥6 g)	P^1	Normotension	Hypertension	P^1
Number of attendance (participate)	4.43 ± 1.37
>Mean (5–8)	24 (47.06)	19	5	0.011	17	7	0.26
<Mean (1–4)	27 (52.94)	12	15	OR 4.75 (1.37–16.48)	15	12
Awareness (avoid salty food)
Yes	35 (68.63)	26	9	0.003^2	24	11	0.2
No	16 (31.37)	5	11	OR 6.36 (1.73–23.34)	8	8
Preference to salty food
Yes	38 (74.51)	22	16	0.47	24	14	0.91
No	13 (25.49)	9	4		8	5

¹Chi-square test; is considered significant.