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Table 2 Behavioral and lifestyle characteristics of study participants in rural areas of northwest Ethiopia, September-November 2020

From: Undiagnosed hypertension and its determinants among hypertensive patients in rural districts of northwest Ethiopia: a mediation analysis

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Ever smoked cigarette

  

   Yes

8

0.3

   No

2445

99.7

Ever chewed chat

  

   Yes

18

0.8

   No

2405

99.2

Ever used alcohol

  

   Yes

2293

94.6

   No

130

5.4

Alcohol drinking within the last 12 months

  

   Yes

2208

91.1

   No

215

8.9

Number of alcohol drinking days (n = 2208)

  

   Daily

121

5.5

   5–6 days per week

151

6.8

   3–4 days per week

249

11.3

   1–2 days per week

732

33.2

   1–3 days per month

671

30.4

   Less than once a month

284

12.9

Level of physical activity

  

   Low

313

12.9

   Moderate

583

24.1

   High

1527

63.0

Sleep duration, hours

  

   < 6

323

13.3

   ≥6

2100

86.7

Stressful life

  

   Not at all

1359

56.1

   Some extent

807

33.3

   Much

257

10.6

Body Mass Index

  

   Underweight

654

27.0

   Normal

1691

69.8

   Overweight

78

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