Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of study participants at university of Gondar hospital from October to November 2015
| Variables |
Hypertensive (n = 126) |
Healthy controls (n = 126) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) |
< 35 35–55 > 56 |
15 (51.7%) 65 (48.9%) 46 (51.1) |
14 (48.3%) 68 (51.1%) 44 (48.9%) |
| Sex | Male | 41 (32.5%) | 41 (32.5%) |
| Female | 85 (67.5%) | 85 (67.5%) | |
| Residence | Urban | 84 (66.7%) | 116 (92.1%) |
| Rural | 42 (33.3%) | 10 (7.9%) | |
| BMI |
< 18.5 18.5–24.9 25–29.9 > 30 |
1 (0.8%) 83 (65.9%) 40 (31.75%) 2 (1.6%) |
1 (0.8%) 101 (80.2%) 24 (19.0%) 0 (0%) |
| Duration of illness (years) |
< 5 5–10 > 10 |
101 (80.2%) 23 (18.3%) 2 (1.6%) |