Prevalence of hypertension according to background characteristics among elderly males and females (weighted) with 95% CI*
| Variables | Overall | Male | Female |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 49.0 (45.2 to 52.9) | 42.4 (37.4 to 47.6) | 56.3 (52.1 to 60.4) |
| Age group (in years) | |||
| 60–69 years | 47.6 (43.9 to 51.4) | 40.7 (35.3 to 46.3) | 55.2 (50.2 to 60.0) |
| 70 years and older | 51.5 (45.4 to 57.6) | 45.5 (37.9 to 53.3) | 58.4 (52.9 to 63.7) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Rural | 49.0 (45.0 to 52.9) | 42.4 (37.3 to 47.7) | 56.2 (51.9 to 60.5) |
| Non-slum urban | 53.1 (48.4 to 57.8 | 44.9 (38.5 to 51.4) | 62.9 (57.7 to 67.8) |
| Slum | 39.7 (32.4 to 47.4) | 29.7 (24.0 to 36.1) | 50.3 (40.9 to 59.6) |
| Educational status | |||
| No education | 46.9 (42.6 to 51.2) | 34.4 (29.2 to 40.0) | 55.6 (51.0 to 60.2) |
| Up to 5th grade | 49.0 (40.3 to 57.8) | 44.1 (31.8 to 57.2) | 57.1 (47.4 to 66.2) |
| 6th to 10th grade | 50.6 (45.0 to 56.1) | 47.4 (41.0 to 53.8) | 58.8 (47.3 to 69.5) |
| Above 10th grade | 66.8 (58.3 to 74.3) | 65.7 (56.8 to 73.6) | 81.2 (48.5 to 95.2) |
| Wealth quintile | |||
| Least wealthy (Q1) | 44.9 (38.8 to 51.1) | 39.3 (31.9 to 47.1) | 52.4 (43.5 to 61.1) |
| Lower (Q2) | 48.4 (43.8 to 53.0) | 39.0 (33.9 to 44.3) | 57.5 (51.4 to 63.3) |
| Middle (Q3) | 51.2 (45.3 to 57.1) | 45.1 (38.1 to 52.2) | 58.2 (50.4 to 65.7) |
| Upper (Q4) | 46.4 (38.0 to 55.1) | 41.2 (31.5 to 51.8) | 52.2 (41.1 to 63.1) |
| Wealthiest (Q5) | 56.5 (51.2 to 61.7) | 51.3 (44.6 to 57.8) | 61.7 (51.9 to 70.6) |
| Marital status | |||
| Currently married | 44.9 (40.7 to 49.2) | 41.4 (36.3 to 46.8) | 54.0 (48.2 to 59.7) |
| Others† | 57.8 (53.6 to 61.9) | 57.8 (48.6 to 66.4) | 57.8 (53.2 to 62.3) |
| Religion | |||
| Muslim | 48.5 (44.0 to 53.0) | 41.7 (36.0 to 47.6) | 56.1 (51.3 to 60.8) |
| Others‡ | 51.6 (47.4 to 55.8) | 46.0 (39.0 to 53.2) | 57.3 (52.5 to 62.1) |
| Physical activity | |||
| ≥150 min/week | 44.6 (40.9 to 48.3) | 36.5 (31.3 to 42.0) | 53.8 (49.6 to 57.9) |
| <150 min/week | 56.2 (51.0 to 61.2) | 52.3 (45.6 to 59.0) | 60.1 (53.9 to 66.1) |
| Fruits and vegetables consumption | |||
| ≥5 servings/day | 44.7 (36.6 to 53.0) | 37.0 (27.4 to 47.7) | 62.6 (50.9 to 73.0) |
| <5 servings/day | 49.5 (45.5 to 53.4) | 43.2 (38.2 to 48.3) | 55.9 (51.4 to 60.3) |
| Current smokers | |||
| No | 52.2 (48.2 to 56.3) | 46.7 (41.1 to 52.3) | 56.4 (52.1 to 60.6) |
| Yes | 34.8 (29.9 to 40.1) | 33.9 (28.5 to 39.7) | 52.2 (36.0 to 68.0) |
| Smokeless tobacco use | |||
| No | 49.3 (44.7 to 53.8) | 42.3 (36.9 to 47.8) | 59.1 (52.3 to 65.6) |
| Yes | 48.8 (44.5 to 53.1) | 42.5 (36.1 to 49.3) | 54.3 (49.7 to 58.8) |
| Body mass index | |||
| Normal | 46.5 (42.2 to 50.8) | 38.5 (33.5 to 43.9) | 56.3 (50.7 to 61.8) |
| Underweight | 32.9 (27.3 to 39.0) | 30.0 (22.3 to 39.1) | 36.6 (29.9 to 43.8) |
| Overweight | 64.2 (58.9 to 69.1) | 60.2 (54.4 to 65.7) | 68.0 (59.5 to 75.4) |
| Obese | 74.8 (64.3 to 83.0) | 72.5 (57.7 to 83.6) | 76.4 (62.6 to 86.3) |
| Waist circumference | |||
| Male: <90 cm/Female: <80 cm | 41.7 (37.3 to 46.1) | 36.6 (31.4 to 42.1) | 48.9 (43.4 to 54.4) |
| Male: >=90 cm/Female: >=80 cm | 67.8 (63.7 to 71.6) | 65.4 (58.4 to 71.8) | 69.2 (63.0 to 74.7) |
| Self-reported diabetes | |||
| No | 47.5 (43.8 to 51.1) | 40.9 (36.0 to 46.0) | 54.9 (51.1 to 58.7) |
| Yes | 64.9 (55.2 to 73.5) | 60.5 (49.6 to 70.5) | 68.5 (56.2 to 78.7) |
*Test was done between hypertension (yes vs no) and gender (male vs female) for categories of the variables.
†Never married, widows, divorced and separated.
‡Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and others.