Research Article
Role of Socioeconomic Status in Hypertension among Chinese Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals
Table 1
Characteristics of the investigated population.
| | Item | Frequency (n (%)) |
| | Demographic factors | | | Gender | | | Male | 10148 (48.0) | | Female | 10978 (52.0) | | Age (years) | | | 45∼ | 4410 (29.3) | | 55∼ | 5874 (39.0) | | 65∼ | 3209 (21.3) | | 75∼ | 1553 (10.3) | | Residence | | | Urban | 4353 (23.5) | | Rural | 14189 (76.5) |
| | Economic factors | | | Education level | | | Illiteracy | 9178 (43.5) | | Primary school | 4568 (21.7) | | Junior high school | 4474 (21.2) | | Senior high school | 2343 (11.1) | | University or higher | 521 (2.5) | | Income | | | Lowest | 2153 (20.1) | | Lower | 2140 (19.9) | | Medium | 2153 (20.1) | | Higher | 2141 (19.9) | | Highest | 2145 (20.0) | | Working status | | | Working | 11847 (65.5) | | Retirement | 5915 (32.7) | | Unemployment | 312 (1.8) | | Medical insurance | | | No | 861 (4.7) | | Yes | 17414 (95.3) |
| | Health and health behavior | | | BMI | | | Underweight | 749 (5.8) | | Normal | 4915 (37.9) | | Overweight | 7300 (56.3) | | Diabetes | | | No | 16154 (92.2) | | Yes | 1376 (7.8) | | Exercise scoring | | | Low intensity | 2955 (49.6) | | Medium | 991 (16.6) | | High intensity | 2013 (33.8) | | Smoking | | | No | 11969 (80.1) | | Yes | 2968 (19.9) |
| | Psychosocial factors | | | Depression | | | No | 12088 (73.0) | | Yes | 4473 (21.2) | | Social support | | | Lowest | 2898 (20.1) | | Lower | 4113 (28.5) | | Medium | 1763 (12.2) | | Higher | 2782 (19.3) | | Highest | 2888 (20.0) | | Social participation | | | No | 7852 (37.2) | | Yes | 8967 (42.4) | | Hypertension | | | No | 12499 (70.7) | | Yes | 5177 (29.3) |
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