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Table 1 Participants’ background characteristics by sex

From: Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and their determinants: results from a national survey in Kenya

Indicator

Both

Female

Male

P value

Age years

 18³å24

25.4

25.2

25.5

0.211

 25³å29

20.6

22.0

19.1

Ìý

 30³å34

12.1

12.7

11.5

Ìý

 35³å39

11.2

11.1

11.3

Ìý

 40³å44

9.4

8.0

10.8

Ìý

 45³å49

6.1

5.4

6.9

Ìý

 50³å59

9.9

10.2

9.5

Ìý

 60³å69

5.3

5.3

5.3

Ìý

Residence

 R³Ü°ù²¹±ô

61.3

64.7

57.8

0.013

 U°ù²ú²¹²Ô

38.7

35.3

42.2

Ìý

Wealth status

 P´Ç´Ç°ù±ð²õ³Ù

18.9

21.3

16.4

0.034

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20.9

21.8

20.0

Ìý

 M¾±»å»å±ô±ð

18.3

18.7

17.8

Ìý

 F´Ç³Ü°ù³Ù³ó

18.6

16.5

20.7

Ìý

 R¾±³¦³ó±ð²õ³Ù

23.4

21.7

25.1

Ìý

Education level

 No Schooling

12.6

18.1

6.7

0.000

 Primary incomplete

23.3

23.5

23.0

Ìý

 Primary complete

32.7

34.1

31.3

Ìý

â€Çȱ𳦴DzԻåary+

31.4

24.3

39.0

Ìý

Marital status

 Not in union

34.5

31.9

37.2

0.029

 In union

65.5

68.1

62.8

Ìý

Province

 Nairobi & Central

28.7

27.7

29.8

0.878

 Coast & N Eastern

14.5

15.0

14.0

Ìý

 E²¹²õ³Ù±ð°ù²Ô

13.7

14.2

13.1

Ìý

 Nyanza & Western

22.9

22.6

23.1

Ìý

 Rift valley

20.2

20.4

20.1

Ìý

N

4485

2694

1791

Ìý