Table 2 Sociodemographic, lifestyle factors, and nutritional intake of study participants according to blood pressure statusa.
Groups | pb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All Participants (n = 1840) | Normal blood pressure (n = 1669) | Prehypertension/ hypertension (n = 171) | ||
Age (years) | 49 ± 9.7 | 49 ± 9.7 | 52.5 ± 9.3 | < 0.001 |
Sex, n (%) | ||||
Males | 109 (53.4) | 873 (52.3) | 982 (53.4) | 0.004 |
Females | 62 (36.3) | 796 (47.7) | 858 (46.6) | |
Resident type, n (%) | ||||
Urban | 112(65.5) | 1013(60.7) | 1125(61.1) | 0.22 |
Rural | 59(34.5) | 656(39.3) | 715(38.9) | |
Educational level, n (%) | ||||
Illiterate/primary | 66 (9.7) | 611 (90.3) | 757 (41.4) | 0.057 |
Middle and high school | 72 (9.6) | 677 (90.4) | 669 (36.4) | |
University | 33 (8) | 381 (92) | 414 (22.5) | |
Occupation, n (%) | ||||
Unemployed/housewife | 58 (74) | 725 (92.6) | 783 (42.6) | 0.051 |
Employed | 99 (10.5) | 840 (89.5) | 939 (51) | |
Retired | 14 (11.9) | 104 (88.1) | 118 (6.4) | |
Physical activity (MET-h per day) | 40.5 ± 5.8 | 40.6 ± 5.8 | 40.43 ± 5.9 | 0.5 |
Current smoker, n (%) | 415 (22.4) | 374 (22.4) | 41 (24) | 0.63 |
Sleep duration (h/day) | 6.9 ± 1.4 | 6.9 ± 1.4 | 6.8 ± 1.4 | 0.052 |
WSI | 0.1 ± 0.87 | 0.09 ± 0.9 | 0.15 ± 0.8 | 0.43 |
Energy (Kcal/day) | 2735 ± 951 | 2756 ± 834 | 2733 ± 962 | 0.19 |
Fiber (gr/day) | 29.9 ± 12.8 | 30.3 ± 12 | 30 ± 13 | 0.34 |
Calcium (mg/day) | 1238 ± 552 | 1275 ± 510 | 1234 ± 5567 | 0.22 |
Magnesium (mg/day) | 371 ± 127 | 372 ± 124 | 369 ± 135 | 0.44 |
Potassium (mg/day) | 3774 ± 1552 | 3783 ± 1408 | 3772 ± 1566 | 0.4 |
Sodium (mg/day) | 5009 ± 2114 | 5300 ± 2412 | 7497 ± 2080 | 0.18 |
