Table 3 Prevalence of hypertension in brine workers and non-brine workers according to various characteristics.
Characteristics | Brine Workers | Non-brine Workers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Hypertensive cases | No. | Hypertensive cases | |||
No. | % | No. | % | |||
Age <40 years | 208 | 11 | 5.3 | 368 | 33 | 9.0 |
40+ years | 76 | 9 | 11.8 | 106 | 25 | 23.6 |
Males | 238 | 18 | 7.6 | 398 | 46 | 11.6 |
Females | 46 | 2 | 4.3 | 76 | 12 | 15.8 |
Illiterate | 184 | 16 | 8.7 | 268 | 38 | 14.2 |
Literate | 100 | 4 | 4.0 | 206 | 20 | 9.7 |
Annual income Rs.<18000 | 179 | 10 | 5.6 | 256 | 33 | 12.9 |
>18000 | 105 | 10 | 9.5 | 218 | 25 | 11.5 |
BMI <18 Kg/m2 | 109 | 3 | 2.8 | 185 | 18 | 9.7 |
18+ Kg/m2 | 175 | 17 | 9.7 | 289 | 40 | 13.8 |
Duration of Work <10 Years | 118 | 5 | 4.2 | 305 | 31 | 10.2 |
10+ Years | 166 | 15 | 9.0 | 169 | 27 | 16.0 |
Smokers or ex-smokers | 190 | 15 | 7.9 | 316 | 43 | 13.6 |
Non-smokers | 94 | 5 | 5.3 | 158 | 15 | 9.5 |
Alcohol Users or ex-users | 259 | 17 | 6.6 | 430 | 55 | 12.8 |
Non-users | 25 | 3 | 12.0 | 44 | 3 | 6.8 |
Tobacco chewing Yes | 217 | 14 | 6.5 | 325 | 40 | 12.3 |
No | 67 | 6 | 9.0 | 149 | 18 | 12.1 |
Diet Vegetarian | 177 | 15 | 8.5 | 321 | 41 | 12.8 |
Mixed | 107 | 5 | 4.7 | 153 | 17 | 11.1 |
Total Prevalence | 284 | 20 | 7.0 | 474 | 58 | 12.2 |