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 ± 15.98^a

59.61 ± 13.74^b

64.55 ± 10.68^b

<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%)

Sex

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%)