Table 1 General characteristics of the study population stratified by site and sex
Characteristics | Overall n = 1317 | Rural n = 730 | Urban n = 587 | P-value | Male n = 515 | Female n = 802 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 41.1 ± 17.1 | 44.6 ± 17 | 36.7 ± 16.4 | < 0.001 | 40.4 ± 17 | 42.1 ± 17.3 | 0.07 |
Female, n (%) | 802 (60.9) | 432 (59.3) | 370 (63.3) | 0.15 | |||
Occupation, n (%) | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | |||||
Gov.employee/NGOs | 123 (9.3) | 57 (7.8) | 66 (12.2) | 86 (16.7) | 37 (4.6) | ||
Farming | 526 (40) | 519 (71.1) | 7 (1.2) | 178 (34.6) | 348 (43.4) | ||
Business | 128 (9.8) | 45 (6.2) | 83 (14.2) | 63 (12.2) | 65 (8.1) | ||
None | 540 (40) | 109 (14.9) | 431 (73.4) | 188 (36.5) | 352 (43.9) | ||
Education level, n (%) | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | |||||
None | 483 (36.7) | 395 (54.1) | 88 (15) | 125 (24.3) | 358 (44.6) | ||
Primary | 280 (21.3) | 194 (26.6) | 86 (14.7) | 130 (25.2) | 150 (18.7) | ||
Secondary | 420 (31.9) | 132 (18.1) | 288 (49.1) | 184 (35.7) | 236 (29.4) | ||
Post-secondary | 134 (10.2) | 9 (1.2) | 125 (21.3) | 76 (14.8) | 58 (7.2) | ||
Marital status, n (%) | < 0.05 | ||||||
Married | 938 (71.2) | 576 (78.9) | 362 (61.7) | 387 (75.1) | 551 (68.7) | < 0.05 | |
Single | 238 (18.1) | 57(7.8) | 181 (30. 8) | 106 (20.6) | 132 (16.5) | NS | |
Divorced/Widowed | 125 (9.5) | 84 (11.5) | 41 (7) | 11 (2.1) | 114 (14.2) | < 0.05 | |
Current smoking | 71 (5.4) | 53 (7.3) | 18 (3.1) | < 0.05 | 47 (9.1) | 24 (3) | < 0.05 |
Alcohol consumption | 562 (42.7) | 344 (47.1) | 218 (37.1) | < 0.05 | 305 (59.2) | 257 (32) | < 0.05 |
Use of medicinal plants | 293 (22.2) | 121 (16.6) | 172 (29.3) | < 0.05 | 118 (22.9) | 175 (21.8) | NS |
Use of NSAIDs | 435 (33) | 212 (29) | 223 (38) | < 0.05 | 166 (32.2) | 269 (33.5) | NS |
Family history, n (%) | |||||||
Diabetes | 177 (13.4) | 25 (3.4) | 152 (25.9) | < 0.001 | 68 (13.2) | 109 (13.5) | NS |
Hypertension | 347 (26.3) | 109 (14.2) | 238 (40.5) | < 0.001 | 116 (22.5) | 231 (28.8) | 0.012 |
Personal history, n (%) | |||||||
Hypertension | 148 (11.2) | 90 (12.3) | 58(9.9) | 0.17 | 39 (7.6) | 109 (13.6) | 0.001 |
Diabetes | 36 (2.7) | 8 (1.1) | 28 (4.8) | < 0.001 | 16 (3.1) | 20 (2.5) | NS |