Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

Table 1 Description of study participants by gender

	All (N = 440)			Women (N = 256)			Men (N = 184)
	N	%	95 % CI	N	%	95 % CI	N	%	95 % CI
Age (years)
<45	67	15.2	12.2–18.9	41	16.0	12.0–21.1	26	14.1	9.8–20.0
45–54	154	35.0	30.7–39.6	92	35.9	30.3–42.0	62	33.7	27.2–40.9
55–64	102	23.2	19.5–27.4	51	19.9	15.5–25.3	51	27.7	21.7–34.7
65–74	78	17.7	14.4–21.6	46	18.0	13.7–23.2	32	17.4	12.6–23.6
≥75	39	8.9	6.5–11.9	26	10.2	7.0–14.5	13	7.1	4.1–11.8
Education *P < 0,01*
Not finished primary school	99	22.5		66	25.8		38	17.9
Primary school	171	38.9		89	34.8		82	44.6
Secondary school and higher	54	12.3		16	6.3		33	20.7
Missing	116	26.4		85	33.2		31	16.8
Marital status *P < 0,01*
Currently married	269	61.3		108	42.2		161	88.0
Never married	30	6.8		23	9.0		7	3.8
Widowed	89	20.3		80	31.3		9	4.9
Divorced/separated	51	11.6		45	17.6		6	3.3
Monthly income *P < 0,01*
<1000 KES	37	8.4		29	11.3		8	4.3
1000–4999 KES	180	40.9		119	46.5		61	33.2
5000–9999 KES	88	20.0		31	12.1		57	31.0
≥10 000 KES	23	5.2		5	2.0		18	9.8
Missing	112	25.5		72	28.1		40	21.7
Smoking status *P < 0,01*
Current smoker	37	8.4		5	2.0		32	17.5
Previous smoker	52	11.8		18	7.0		34	18.6
Non-smoker	350	79.7		233	91.0		117	63.9
Alcohol consumption *P < 0,01*
Low	373	84.8		237	92.6		136	73.9
Moderate	30	6.8		9	3.5		21	11.4
High	37	8.4		10	3.9		27	14.7
Physical activity *P = 0.17*
Adequate	401	91.8		231	90.2		170	93.9
Inadequate	36	8.2		25	9.8		11	6.1
Daily fruit and vegetable intake *P = 0.12*
Adequate	76	17.3		49	19.1		27	14.7
Inadequate	299	68.0		176	68.8		123	66.8
Missing	65	14.8		31	12.1		34	18.5

Missing data: marital status 1, smoking status 1, physical activity 3. P values for difference between genders derived using chi-squared test

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