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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Urban-rural disparities in hypertension prevalence, detection, and medication use among Chinese Adults from 1993 to 2011

Variables

All

Rural

Urban

p a

Prevalence, n (%)

   

0.000

 No

44,614 (75.99)

27,473 (78.35)

17,141 (72.49)

 

 Yes

14,099 (24.01)

7593 (21.65)

6506 (27.51)

 

Detection, n (%)

   

0.000

 No

8525 (60.47)

5236 (68.96)

3289 (50.55)

 

 Yes

5574 (39.53)

2357 (31.04)

3217 (49.45)

 

Medication Use, n (%)

   

0.000

 No

1289 (23.13)

731 (31.01)

558 (17.35)

 

 Yes

4285 (76.87)

1626 (68.99)

2659 (82.65)

 

Control variables

    

Age, mean (SD)

47.59 (15.62)

46.57 (15.20)

49.11 (16.12)

0.000

Sex, n (%)

   

0.000

 Male (Ref.)

27,591 (46.99)

16,174 (46.12)

11,417 (48.28)

 

 Female

31,122 (53.01)

18,892 (53.88)

12,230 (51.72)

 

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.000

 Married (Ref.)

48,275 (82.22)

29,244 (83.40)

19,031 (80.48)

 

 Others

10,438 (17.78)

5822 (16.60)

4616 (19.52)

 

Education, mean (SD)

7.13 (4.33)

5.92 (3.83)

8.93 (4.40)

0.000

Income (RMB in 2011 value), mean (SD)

8765.63

(12149.52)

6555.21

(9827.00)

12043.44

(14328.87)

0.000

Types of medical insurance, n (%)

   

0.000

 None (Ref.)

29,488 (50.22)

19,956 (56.91)

9532 (40.31)

 

 NCMS

15,056 (25.64)

13,728 (39.15)

1328 (5.62)

 

 URBMI

2707 (4.61)

233 (0.66)

2474 (10.46)

 

 UEBMI

4728 (8.05)

251 (0.72)

4477 (18.93)

 

 Others

6734 (11.47)

898 (2.56)

5836 (24.68)

 

Smoking, n (%)

   

0.000

 Never

40,235 (68.53)

23,635 (67.40)

16,600 (70.20)

 

 Ever

1487 (2.53)

706 (2.01)

781 (3.30)

 

 Current

16,991 (28.94)

10,725 (30.59)

6266 (26.50)

 

Drinking, n (%)

   

0.000

 Never (Ref.)

38,910 (66.27)

23,476 (66.95)

15,434 (65.27)

 

  ≤ 3 drinks/month

6272 (10.68)

3515 (10.02)

2757 (11.66)

 

 1–2 drink/week

4863 (8.28)

2804 (8.00)

2059 (8.71)

 

  ≥ 3 drinks/week

8668 (14.76)

5271 (15.03)

3397 (14.37)

 

BMI, n (%)

   

0.000

 Underweight (Ref.)

3917 (6.67)

2646 (7.55)

1271 (5.37)

 

 Normal

34,384 (58.56)

21,889 (62.42)

12,495 (52.84)

 

 Overweight

15,730 (26.79)

8267 (23.58)

7463 (31.56)

 

 Obese

4682 (7.97)

2264 (6.46)

2418 (10.23)

 

Area, n (%)

   

0.000

 Western (Ref.)

15,065 (25.66)

10,112 (28.84)

4953 (20.95)

 

 Northeastern

18,208 (31.01)

11,578 (33.02)

6630 (28.04)

 

 Central

10,745 (18.30)

6360 (18.14)

4385 (18.54)

 

 Eastern

14,695 (25.03)

7016 (20.01)

7679 (32.47)

 

Wave, n (%)

   

0.000

 1993 (Ref.)

6644 (11.32)

4287 (12.23)

2357 (9.97)

 

 1997

7347 (12.51)

4660 (13.29)

2687 (11.36)

 

 2000

7704 (13.12)

4618 (13.17)

3086 (13.05)

 

 2004

7952 (13.54)

4917 (14.02))

3035 (12.83)

 

 2006

7425 (12.65)

5007 (14.28)

2418 (10.23)

 

 2009

9303 (15.84)

5498 (15.68)

3805 (16.09)

 

 2011

12,338 (21.01)

6079 (17.34)

6259 (26.47)

 

 observations

58,713

35,066 (59.72)

23,647 (40.28)

 
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