Characteristics | Normotensives participants 99 (28.9%) | Naive hypertensive patients 71 (20.7%) | Hypertensive patients on treatment 173 (50.43%) | p-value |
Age (years) | ||||
Mean | 47.45 ± 15.98a | 59.61 ± 13.74b | 64.55 ± 10.68b |
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<40 | 40 (40.4%) | 4 (5.6%) | 2 (1.2%) | <0.001 |
[40 - 50] | 13 (13.1%) | 9 (12.7%) | 9 (5.2%) | |
[50 - 60] | 18 (18.2%) | 29 (40.8%) | 46 (26.6%) | |
[60 - 70] | 20 (20.2%) | 12 (16.9%) | 58 (33.5%) | |
[70 - 80] | 6 (6.1%) | 11 (15.5%) | 47 (27.2%) | |
≥80 | 2 (2.0%) | 6 (8.5%) | 11 (6.4%) |
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Female | 62 (62.63%) | 35 (49.3%) | 109 (63.01%) | 0.115 |
Male | 37 (37.37%) | 36 (50.7%) | 64 (36.99%) | |
Familyhistory of HTA | 37 (37.37%) | 33 (46.48%) | 123 (71.1%) | 0.001 |
Environmental factors | ||||
Smoking | 4 (6.3%) | 18 (25.35%) | 41 (23.69%) | 0.007 |
Alcohol consumption (at least 3 glass per day) | 31 (31.3%) | 6 (6.1%) | 62 (62.6%) | 0.015 |
Physical activity practice (at least 1 time per day) | 52 (52.52%) | 29 (40.84%) | 78 (45.09%) | 0.089 |
Fruit and Vegetable consumption | 94 (94.95%) | 62 (87.32%) | 165 (95.38%) | 0.000 |
Employment | ||||
Civil servants | 23 (23.23%) | 20 (28.17%) | 21 (12.14%) | 0.001 |
Formal sectorworkers | 26 (26.26%) | 16 (22.53%) | 2 (1.16%) | |
Informal sectorworkers | 44 (44.4%) | 27 (38.03%) | 118 (68.21%) | |
Retirees | 6 (6.06%) | 8 (11.27%) | 31 (17.92%) | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 55 (55.56%) | 47 (66.20%) | 122 (70.52%) | 0.001 |
Single | 34 (34.34%) | 5 (7.04%) | 1 (0.58%) | |
Widowed | 10 (10.1%) | 19 (26.76%) | 50 (28.90%) | |
Level of education | ||||
Illiteracy | 13 (13.13%) | 23 (32.39%) | 44 (25.43%) | 0.001 |
Primaryschool B | 21 (21.21%) | 14 (19.72%) | 54 (31.21%) | |
Secondaryschool | 34 (34.34%) | 21 (29.58%) | 59 (34.1%) | |
Higher | 31 (31.31%) | 13 (18.31%) | 16 (9.24%) |