Categories | Characteristics | Sample (N = 4422) | Prevalence of hypertension | ||
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n | % | n | % [95% CI] | ||
Sociodemographic variables | Sex | Â | Â | 1280 | 25.8 [23.4, 28.3] |
Male | 1761 | 48.6 | 533 | 28.1 [24.7, 31.8] | |
Female | 2661 | 51.4 | 747 | 23.6 [21.2, 26.2] | |
Age, years | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
18–29 | 1472 | 46.3 | 228 | 14.7 [12.0, 17.9] | |
30–39 | 1230 | 23.2 | 275 | 23.1 [19.0, 27.7] | |
40–49 | 780 | 15.5 | 275 | 36.9 [31.4, 42.8] | |
50+ | 940 | 15.0 | 502 | 52.8 [48.4, 57.2] | |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Not-in-a-union | 1415 | 34.5 | 420 | 22.1 [18.7, 25.9] | |
In-a-union | 3006 | 65.5 | 860 | 27.7 [24.9, 30.8] | |
Socioeconomic variables | Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No formal | 745 | 12.6 | 215 | 24.5 [19.3, 30.7] | |
Primary incomplete | 1080 | 23.3 | 289 | 23.3 [20.2, 26.8] | |
Primary complete | 1398 | 32.7 | 419 | 27.5 [23.7, 31.7] | |
Secondary+ | 1199 | 31.4 | 357 | 26.3 [21.7, 31.5] | |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Unemployed/Unpaid | 1849 | 40.2 | 497 | 22.2 [19.3, 25.5] | |
Self-employment | 1757 | 40.0 | 525 | 26.2 [22.9, 29.9] | |
Paid employment | 816 | 20.8 | 258 | 31.8 [26.1, 38.0] | |
Wealth index (quintiles) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
1 – Poorest | 885 | 23.6 | 297 | 28.2 [22.7, 34.4] | |
2 | 884 | 20.3 | 272 | 29.1 [24.8, 33.8] | |
3 | 885 | 19.6 | 263 | 24.1 [20.0, 28.7] | |
4 | 884 | 18.7 | 237 | 26.4 [22.1, 31.3] | |
5 – Richest | 884 | 17.8 | 211 | 20.1 [16.6, 24.1] | |
Health behaviours | Current smoking | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 3916 | 87.5 | 1128 | 25.6 [23.4, 28.0] | |
Yes | 506 | 12.5 | 152 | 26.9 [20.9, 33.8] | |
Current alcohol use | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
No | 3504 | 74.7 | 971 | 24.0 [21.8, 26.5] | |
Yes | 911 | 25.3 | 308 | 31.1 [27.9, 35.8] | |
Fruits & vegetable intake | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Enough | 576 | 11.2 | 166 | 25.0 [20.3, 30.4] | |
Not enough | 3822 | 88.8 | 1114 | 25.9 [23.3, 28.6] | |
Physical activity | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
High | 3236 | 75.1 | 927 | 25.6 [23.9, 28.6] | |
Moderate | 662 | 14.1 | 188 | 25.1 [20.2, 30.7] | |
Low | 524 | 10.8 | 165 | 27.7 [21.2, 35.3] | |
Metabolic risk factor | Body mass index | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Normal | 2250 | 56.3 | 568 | 23.2 [20.7, 25.8] | |
Undernutrition | 683 | 15.8 | 136 | 16.7 [13.2, 20.8] | |
Overweight | 775 | 16.7 | 286 | 33.4 [28.3, 38.9] | |
Obese | 550 | 11.2 | 266 | 45.8 [40.6, 51.1] | |
Community variables | Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rural | 2268 | 61.4 | 647 | 26.5 [23.8, 29.4] | |
Urban | 2154 | 38.6 | 633 | 24.7 [20.5, 29.4] | |
Regions | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Rift Valley | 1325 | 24.6 | 355 | 24.9 [21.1, 29.1] | |
Eastern | 767 | 14.0 | 258 | 30.3 [25.7, 35.3] | |
Nyanza | 569 | 12.5 | 149 | 23.9 [19.0, 29.7] | |
Coast | 533 | 9.3 | 140 | 20.7 [14.8, 28.2] | |
Central | 507 | 12.4 | 208 | 38.5 [30.4, 47.3] | |
Western | 408 | 10.3 | 112 | 26.7 [23.9, 29.7] | |
North Eastern | 250 | 4.9 | 43 | 16.0 [9.8, 25.0] | |
Nairobi | 63 | 12.1 | 15 | 18.5 [11.2, 29.1] |