The interactive association between sodium intake, alcohol consumption and hypertension among elderly in northern China: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of Inner Mongolia study participants aged over 55 years

Variables	Total, n	Hypertension, %	χ ²	p-value
Sex			0.097	0.756
Male	411	63.26
Female	409	64.30
Ethnicity			4.772	0.092
Han	728	62.91
Mongolian	63	76.19
Others	29	58.62
Education level			3.106	0.212
Primary school	514	64.40
Junior high school	172	66.86
High school and above	134	57.46
Marital Status			3.128	0.209
Single	6	33.33
Married	743	63.39
Others	67	68.66
BMI^*			23.368	< 0.001^{^}
<23.9	309	55.34
24 ~ 27.9	344	67.15
≥ 28.0	154	77.27
Family History of Hypertension			22.673	< 0.001^{^}
No	556	58.27
Yes	264	75.38
Smoking Status			4.182	0.124
None-Smoking	466	65.24
Former Smoking	75	70.67
Current Smoking	279	57.74
Physical Activity			12.112	0.002^&
Low	326	70.86
Medium	255	60.39
High	239	57.74
Diabetes			7.133	0.008^&
No	711	62.03
Yes	109	75.23
Dyslipidemia			6.224	0.013^&
No	447	59.96
Yes	373	68.36

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