20–39 years | 40–59 years | 60–74 years | 75 years | |||||||||
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n | Hypertension | BMI ≥25 | n | Hypertension | BMI ≥25 | n | Hypertension | BMI ≥25 | n | Hypertension | BMI ≥25 | |
Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | |||||
Farmer | 171 | 12.9 (7.9–17.9) | 12.3 (7.4–17.2) | 476 | 26.3 (22.3–30.3) | 16.0 (12.7–19.3) | 465 | 47.3 (42.8–51.8) | 15.9 (12.6–19.2) | 135 | 65.9 (57.9–73.9) | 14.1 (8.2–20.0) |
Nomad | 4 | 0 | 25.0 (0–67.4) | 146 | 19.9 (13.4–26.4) | 23.3 (16.4–30.2) | 54 | 40.7 (27.6–53.8) | 11.1 (2.7–19.5) | 16 | 62.5 (38.8–86.2) | 25.0 (3.8–46.2) |
Sedentary worker | 204 | 19.5 (14.1–24.9) | 19.1 (13.7–24.5) | 277 | 48.0 (42.1–53.9) | 44.0 (38.2–49.8) | 61 | 45.9 (33.4–58.4) | 39.3 (27.0–51.6) | 7 | 42.9 (6.2–79.6) | 42.9 (6.2–79.6) |
Others | 126 | 10.3 (5.0–15.6) | 23.8 (16.4–31.2) | 299 | 30.8 (25.6–32.1) | 36.5 (23.2–36.0) | 264 | 55.7 (49.7–61.7) | 36.4 (30.6–42.2) | 95 | 66.3 (56.8–75.8) | 26.3 (17.4–35.2) |
Housewife | 44 | 13.6 (3.5–23.7) | 25.0 (12.2–37.8) | 157 | 29.0 (21.9–36.1) | 36.3 (28.8–43.8) | 98 | 57.1 (47.3–66.9) | 25.5 (16.9–34.1) | 26 | 84.6 (70.7–98.5) | 23.1 (12.1–31.7) |
Manual labourer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 11.3 (2.8–19.8) | 20.8 (9.9–31.7) | 9 | 33.3 (2.5–64.1) | 11.1 (0–31.6) | 0 | ||
Monk | 43 | 4.7 (0–11.0) | 30.2 (16.5–43.9) | 36 | 36.1 (20.4–51.8) | 61.1 (45.2–77.0) | 57 | 56.1 (43.2–69.0) | 52.6 (39.6–65.6) | 21 | 52.4 (31.0–73.8) | 38.1 (17.3–58.9) |
No job | 37 | 13.5 (2.5–24.5) | 16.2 (4.3–28.1) | 25 | 36.0 (17.2–54.8) | 36.0 (17.2–54.8) | 44 | 61.4 (47.0–75.8) | 38.6 (24.2–53.0) | 32 | 62.5 (45.7–79.3) | 28.1 (12.5–43.7) |
Retired sedentary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 35.7 (18.0–53.4) | 35.7 (18.0–53.4) | 56 | 51.8 (38.7–64.9) | 41.1 (28.2–54.0) | 16 | 62.5 (38.8–86.2) | 12.5 (0–28.7) |
p Value | ns (0.05) | ns (0.07) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ns (0.07) | <0.0001 | ns | <0.05 |
p; χ2 Test for the comparison of the prevalence of hypertension and BMI ≥25 (%) among the four occupation groups: farmer, nomad, sedentary worker and others.
BMI, body mass index.