Characteristics of the study sample (N=9305) by OWOB* among adults aged 18 years or older in the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018.
| Characteristics | Total (N=9305) | OWOB | |
| No (n=4770) | Yes (n=4535) | ||
| Diabetes | 1077 (11.67) | 389 (8.42) | 688 (15.11) |
| Hypertension† | 2879 (30.30) | 1103 (22.69) | 1776 (38.38) |
| Hypertension by ACC-AHA‡ | 5670 (59.97) | 2470 (50.82) | 3200 (69.69) |
| Age in years | |||
| <35 | 3992 (43.07) | 2160 (45.26) | 1832 (40.75) |
| 35–49 | 2971 (31.88) | 1318 (27.35) | 1653 (36.68) |
| 50–64 | 1568 (16.83) | 818 (17.42) | 750 (16.21) |
| ≥65 | 774 (8.22) | 474 (9.96) | 300 (6.37) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 5242 (56.83) | 2366 (50.25) | 2876 (63.81) |
| Male | 4063 (43.17) | 2404 (49.75) | 1659 (36.19) |
| Marital status | |||
| Never married | 900 (8.89) | 600 (11.39) | 300 (6.24) |
| Currently married | 7584 (82.43) | 3700 (78.75) | 3884 (86.34) |
| Others§ | 821 (8.68) | 470 (9.86) | 351 (7.42) |
| Education | |||
| No education | 2111 (23.81) | 1310 (28.46) | 801 (18.88) |
| Primary incomplete¶ | 954 (10.05) | 526 (10.59) | 428 (9.49) |
| Primary or secondary incomplete** | 4272 (46.87) | 2158 (45.76) | 2114 (48.04) |
| Secondary or higher | 1968 (19.26) | 776 (15.18) | 1192 (23.60) |
| Currently working | 5807 (62.61) | 3171 (66.79) | 2636 (58.18) |
| Administrative division | |||
| Barishal | 970 (5.50) | 478 (5.50) | 492 (5.50) |
| Chattogram | 1298 (17.67) | 591 (15.72) | 707 (19.74) |
| Dhaka | 1242 (23.35) | 557 (20.71) | 685 (26.15) |
| Khulna | 1340 (12.89) | 609 (11.80) | 731 (14.05) |
| Mymensingh | 974 (7.43) | 591 (8.98) | 383 (5.80) |
| Rajshahi | 1239 (14.60) | 669 (15.85) | 570 (13.27) |
| Rangpur | 1196 (12.43) | 672 (14.34) | 524 (10.40) |
| Sylhet | 1046 (6.13) | 603 (7.11) | 443 (5.10) |
| Place of residence | |||
| Rural | 5794 (71.71) | 3235 (76.22) | 2559 (66.94) |
| Urban | 3511 (28.29) | 1535 (23.78) | 1976 (33.06) |
| Household wealth status | |||
| Poorest | 1589 (17.00) | 1074 (22.18) | 515 (11.50) |
| Poorer | 1662 (18.59) | 1057 (22.90) | 605 (14.02) |
| Middle | 1834 (20.72) | 1003 (21.96) | 831 (19.41) |
| Richer | 1930 (20.96) | 931 (19.31) | 999 (22.70) |
| Richest | 2290 (22.73) | 705 (13.65) | 1585 (32.37) |
*Except where indicated otherwise, values are number (%), where the number comes from the sample and % comes from the survey design that accounts for survey features such as strata, cluster and survey weights.
†Individuals with average systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or taking antihypertensives were categorised as hypertensive.
‡Individuals with average systolic blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure ≥80 mm Hg, or taking antihypertensives were categorised as hypertensive.
§Divorced, separated or widowed.
¶Primary incomplete means completing grades 1–4.
**Primary or secondary incomplete means completing grades 5–9.
ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; OWOB, overweight and obesity.