Table 2 Baseline characteristics among Inner Mongolia residents with and without self-reported HTN
Characteristics | Study population (n = 13,554) | Self-reported HTN | No self-reported HTN |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 2571) | (n = 10,983) | ||
Age (X̄ ± S) | 47.17 ± 16.24 | 59.65 ± 11.65 | 44.25 ± 15.76 |
Gender, n (%) | |||
 Male | 6721 (49.7) | 1196 (46.6) | 5525 (50.4) |
 Female | 6814 (50.3) | 1369 (53.4) | 5445 (49.6) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
 Hui | 162 (1.2) | 51 (2.0) | 111 (1.0) |
 Mongolian | 2115 (15.6) | 342 (13.4) | 1772 (16.2) |
 Other minority | 539 (4.0) | 112 (4.4) | 427 (3.9) |
 Han | 10,704 (79.2) | 2059 (80.3) | 8645 (78.9) |
Level of education, n (%) | |||
 Low | 9695 (71.6) | 2055 (80.0) | 7640 (69.6) |
 Middle | 1824 (13.5) | 275 (10.7) | 1549 (14.1) |
 High | 2024 (14.9) | 240 (9.3) | 1784 (16.3) |
Occupation, n (%) | |||
 Unemployed | 2070 (15.3) | 557 (21.7) | 1513 (13.8) |
 Retired | 1634 (12.1) | 659 (25.7) | 975 (8.9) |
 Employed | 9831 (72.6) | 1352 (52.5) | 8479 (77.3) |
Marital status, n (%) | |||
 Single | 1562 (11.5) | 41 (1.6) | 1521 (13.9) |
 Widowed/Divorced | 996 (7.4) | 370 (14.4) | 626 (5.7) |
 Married | 10,982 (81.1) | 2160 (84.0) | 8822 (80.4) |
Poverty, n (%) | |||
 Poor | 1366 (10.1) | 340 (13.2) | 1026 (9.3) |
 Not-poor | 12,188 (89.9) | 2231 (86.8) | 9957 (90.7) |
Smoking, n (%) | |||
 Current smoking | 3942 (32.3) | 727 (31.3) | 3215 (32.5) |
 Former smoking | 483 (4.0) | 144 (6.2) | 339 (3.4) |
 No smoking | 7780 (63.7) | 1449 (62.5) | 6331 (64.0) |
Drinking, n (%) | |||
 Yes | 3247 (24.0) | 583 (22.7) | 2664 (24.3) |
 No | 10,306 (76.0) | 1988 (77.3) | 8318 (75.7) |
BMI, n (%) | |||
  < 24 | 8250 (61.2) | 1167 (45.6) | 7083 (64.8) |
  ≥ 24 | 5238 (38.8) | 1391 (54.4) | 3847 (35.2) |
Comorbidity, n (%) | |||
 Yes | 1677 (12.4) | 721 (28.0) | 956 (8.7) |
 No | 11,877 (87.6) | 1850 (72.0) | 10,027 (91.3) |