Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents

	Without condition		With condition
	Mean	SD	n	%	Mean	SD	P value
Overall	0.91	0.17	4528		0.85	0.22	<0.001*
Sex
Male	0.91	0.17	2089	46.1	0.89	0.18	<0.001
Female	0.90	0.18	2439	53.9	0.82	0.24
Age group
18–44	0.95	0.11	129	2.9	0.94	0.16	<0.001
45–64	0.91	0.15	1676	37.0	0.91	0.16
≥65	0.86	0.23	2723	60.1	0.82	0.25
Education
No/primary	0.80	0.28	2362	52.3	0.81	0.25	<0.001
Secondary/ postsecondary	0.88	0.19	1767	39.2	0.90	0.16
Tertiary or above	0.90	0.18	386	8.5	0.91	0.17
Current living status
Live alone	0.85	0.22	279	6.2	0.78	0.26	<0.001
Live with family/others	0.91	0.17	4208	93.2	0.86	0.21
Live in institution‡	0.54	0.59	29	0.6	0.54	0.44
Current work status
Retired	0.85	0.18	2600	57.6	0.81	0.25	<0.001
Unemployed§	0.91	0.15	830	18.4	0.87	0.19
Employed¶	0.95	0.10	1081	24.0	0.94	0.12
Heart disease
No	0.91	0.17	3588	79.2	0.87	0.21	<0.001
Yes	0.88	0.21	940	20.8	0.80	0.26
Diabetes
No	0.91	0.17	3062	67.6	0.87	0.21	<0.001
Yes	0.87	0.20	1466	32.4	0.83	0.24
Cancer
No	0.91	0.17	4461	98.5	0.85	0.22	0.048
Yes	0.86	0.21	67	1.5	0.80	0.25
Vision problem
No	0.91	0.17	4450	98.3	0.86	0.22	<0.001
Yes	0.82	0.21	78	1.7	0.77	0.25
Hearing problem
No	0.91	0.17	4511	99.6	0.85	0.22	0.456
Yes	0.85	0.23	17	0.4	0.80	0.26
Physical disability
No	0.91	0.17	4509	99.6	0.86	0.22	<0.001
Yes	0.46	0.38	19	0.4	0.46	0.37
Mental problem
No	0.91	0.17	4468	98.7	0.86	0.22	<0.001
Yes	0.75	0.27	60	1.3	0.70	0.29

*P value indicated that there is a significant difference of EuroQol 5-dimensions utility between with hypertension and without hypertension.
†No=No formal education/kindergarten; secondary included lower secondary=F0.1–F.3 and upper secondary=F0.4–F.5; postsecondary included postsecondary and matriculation=F0.6–F.7. c 53 refused to answer, the total response is 13 913.
‡Include Convalescent Hospital/Rehabilitation Hospital/Hospital, and old age home.
§Unemployment included unemployed, home maker and full-time student.
¶Employment included full-time worker and part-time worker.