Table 1 Characteristics of Hypertension patients (n = 4632)[M(Q25,Q75)/n(%)].

From: Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among hypertensive patients aged 18 to 59 years old in the northeast of China

Category

Median(Interquartile range)/Frequency

Estimated population

Systolic blood pressure(mmHg)

146(140,158)

4059

Diastolic blood pressure(mmHg)

91(85,97)

4059

Age(years)

49(43,54)

4059

Age group

   Young

1418(41.7)

1694

   Middle-aged

3214(58.3)

2365

Sex

   Female

2076(38.5)

1561

   Male

2556(61.5)

2498

Region

   Rural

2333(45.9)

1862

   Urban

2299(54.1)

2197

Education level

   Primary school or low(≤6 years)

1205(22.0)

894

   Junior high school(7~9 years)

1390(31.2)

1267

   Senior high school(10~12 years)

1416(31.3)

1270

   University or above(>12 years)

621(15.5)

628

Marital status

   Married

4209(88.2)

3580

   Single

179(6.9)

282

   Divorced or separated

102(2.4)

96

   widowed

142(2.5)

101

Occupation

   Manual workers

2807(60.4)

2448

   Mental workers

915(21.4)

870

   Retired

342(6.7)

274

   Others

568(11.5)

467

Income(Yuan)

   <500

962(16.8)

685

   500~

940(19.4)

785

   1000~

1480(33.0)

1339

   2000~

823(20.4)

830

   3000~

427(10.4)

420

Body Mass index(kg/m2)

25.55(23.39,28.07)

4059

BMI group

   Normal

1411(30.1)

1223

   Underweight

43(0.9)

38

   Overweight

1984(42.2)

1713

   Obesity

1194(26.8)

1085

Family history of circulation system diseases

   No

1955(41.9)

1699

   Yes

2677(58.1)

2360

Smoking

   Never

2553(52.7)

2139

   Current

1655(38.0)

1544

   Past

424(9.3)

376

Consuming alcohol products

   No

2744(54.8)

2224

   Yes

1888(45.2)

1835

Physical exercises

   Often

1340(28.2)

1143

   Sometimes

1087(25.6)

1041

   Never or rare

2205(46.2)

1875