Research Article
Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertension in Greater Beirut Area, Lebanon
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study sample.
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| Total sample | | | 501 |
| Demographic | Age | ≤ 30 | 107 (21.4%) | 31-40 | 78 (15.6%) | 41-50 | 118 (23.6%) | 51-60 | 123 (24.6%) | > 60 | 75 (14.9%) | Age | mean ± SD | 45.4 ± 15.0 | Gender | Males | 179 (35.7%) | Females | 322 (64.3%) | Marital status | Married | 332 (66.3%) | Single | 98 (19.6%) | Others | 71 (14.2%) |
| Socioeconomic | Income | <600$ | 153 (33.8%) | 600-999.9$ | 170 (37.5%) | 1000-2000$ | 90 (19.9%) | >2000$ | 40 (8.8%) | Education | No school /Primary | 181 (36.3%) | Intermediate/Secondary/Technical | 263 (52.8%) | University degree | 54 (10.8%) |
| Lifestyle habits | Smoking cigarettes | Never | 236 (47.1%) | Current | 216 (43.1%) | Ex-smoker | 49 (9.8%) | Narghileh Smoking | Never | 311 (62.1%) | Current | 142 (28.3%) | Ex-smoker | 48 (9.6%) | Alcohol drinking | Never | 372 (74.3%) | Current | 95 (19.0%) | Ex-smoker | 34 (6.8%) | Coffee drinking | | 403 (80.4%) | Physical activity | | 422 (84.2%) |
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