Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study participants with and without HTN by sex
Variables | Male (N = 4354) | P | Female (N = 5134) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | With HTN N (%) | Without HTN N (%) | With HTN N (%) | Without HTN N (%) | ||
N | 1742 (40.01) | 2612 (59.99) | Â | 2162 (42.11) | 2972 (57.89) | Â |
Age (years) | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.000 |
 45–54 | 392 (22.50) | 882 (33.77) |  | 1389 (53.18) | 533 (30.60) |  |
 55–64 | 686 (39.38) | 1038 (39.74) |  | 1085 (41.54) | 845 (48.51) |  |
 65–74 | 471 (27.04) | 518 (19.83) |  | 378 (14.47) | 525 (30.14) |  |
 ≥ 75 | 193 (11.08) | 174 (6.66) |  | 120 (4.59) | 259 (14.87) |  |
Education | Â | Â | 0.002 | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Illiterate | 256 (14.70) | 341 (13.06) |  | 1017 (58.38) | 1168 (44.72) |  |
 Less than elementary school | 1273 (73.08) | 1922 (73.58) |  | 1031 (59.18) | 1573 (60.22) |  |
 High school | 117 (6.72) | 243 (9.30) |  | 80 (4.59) | 173 (6.62) |  |
 Above vocational school | 96 (5.51) | 106 (4.06) |  | 34 (1.95) | 58 (2.22) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.000 |
 Single | 205 (11.77) | 201 (7.70) |  | 441 (25.32) | 334 (12.79) |  |
 Married | 1537 (88.23) | 2411 (92.30) |  | 1721 (98.79) | 2638 (101.00) |  |
Current residence | Â | Â | 0.004 | Â | Â | 0.948 |
 Rural | 1580 (90.70) | 2432 (93.11) |  | 2003 (114.98) | 2752 (105.36) |  |
 Urban | 162 (9.30) | 180 (6.89) |  | 159 (9.13) | 220 (8.42) |  |
Current smoking | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.016 |
 No | 448 (25.72) | 627 (24.00) |  | 1966 (112.86) | 2767 (105.93) |  |
 Former smoke | 340 (19.52) | 394 (15.08) |  | 48 (2.76) | 47 (1.80) |  |
 Current smoke | 954 (54.76) | 1591 (60.91) |  | 148 (8.50) | 158 (6.05) |  |
Alcohol drinking | Â | Â | 0.332 | Â | Â | 0.010 |
 No | 792 (45.46) | 1128 (43.19) |  | 1935 (111.08) | 2581 (98.81) |  |
 Less than once a month | 183 (10.51) | 287 (10.99) |  | 88 (5.05) | 167 (6.39) |  |
 More than once a month | 767 (44.03) | 1197 (45.83) |  | 139 (7.98) | 224 (8.58) |  |
Taking activities | Â | Â | 0.366 | Â | Â | 0.034 |
 No | 870 (49.94) | 1268 (48.55) |  | 1044 (59.93) | 1524 (58.35) |  |
 Yes | 872 (50.06) | 1344 (51.45) |  | 1118 (64.18) | 1448 (55.44) |  |
Having regular exercises | Â | Â | 0.486 | Â | Â | 0.028 |
 No exercise | 1091 (62.63) | 1617 (61.91) |  | 1368 (78.53) | 1777 (68.03) |  |
 Less than exercises | 311 (17.85) | 503 (19.26) |  | 390 (22.39) | 611 (23.39) |  |
 Regular exercises | 340 (19.52) | 492 (18.84) |  | 404 (23.19) | 584 (22.36) |  |
Chronic diseases (counts) | Â | Â | 0.000 | Â | Â | 0.000 |
 0 | 344 (19.75) | 1078 (41.27) |  | 351 (20.15) | 1123 (42.99) |  |
 1–2 | 898 (51.55) | 1263 (48.35) |  | 1106 (63.49) | 1517 (58.08) |  |
 3–14 | 500 (28.70) | 271 (10.38) |  | 705 (40.47) | 332 (12.71) |  |
SUA | 5.17 ± 1.34 | 4.84 ± 1.20 | 0.000 | 4.21 ± 1.11 | 3.87 ± 1.00 | 0.000 |
METS-IR | 37.00 ± 9.00 | 33.33 ± 7.20 | 0.000 | 38.23 ± 8.56 | 34.65 ± 7.41 | 0.000 |
WC | 88.04 ± 10.39 | 82.91 ± 8.83 | 0.000 | 88.70 ± 10.37 | 83.42 ± 9.40 | 0.000 |
BMI | 23.96 ± 3.98 | 22.29 ± 3.23 | 0.000 | 24.89 ± 4.27 | 23.33 ± 3.74 | 0.000 |
WHtR | 0.54 ± 0.06 | 0.51 ± 0.05 | 0.000 | 0.58 ± 0.07 | 0.54 ± 0.06 | 0.000 |
VAI | 4.56 ± 4.86 | 3.56 ± 4.03 | 0.004 | 7.05 ± 6.50 | 5.36 ± 4.96 | 0.000 |
ABSI | 8.31 ± 0.54 | 8.21 ± 0.51 | 0.000 | 8.49 ± 0.68 | 8.30 ± 0.59 | 0.000 |
BRI | 4.15 ± 1.23 | 3.53 ± 1.01 | 0.000 | 5.15 ± 1.55 | 4.31 ± 1.27 | 0.000 |
LAP | 38.59 ± 38.65 | 25.71 ± 28.06 | 0.000 | 53.08 ± 39.86 | 36.94 ± 29.65 | 0.000 |
CI | 1.29 ± 0.09 | 1.26 ± 0.08 | 0.000 | 1.33 ± 0.10 | 1.28 ± 0.09 | 0.000 |
CVAI | 112.11 ± 49.52 | 85.22 ± 42.86 | 0.000 | 124.49 ± 42.03 | 94.46 ± 39.92 | 0.000 |
TyG index | 8.74 ± 0.68 | 8.54 ± 0.63 | 0.000 | 8.86 ± 0.65 | 8.62 ± 0.60 | 0.000 |
TyG-BMI | 210.27 ± 43.49 | 190.92 ± 34.77 | 0.000 | 220.97 ± 43.92 | 201.63 ± 37.93 | 0.000 |
TyG-WC | 771.74 ± 125.33 | 709.82 ± 105.84 | 0.000 | 787.09 ± 119.23 | 720.73 ± 105.55 | 0.000 |
TyG -WHtR | 4.70 ± 0.73 | 4.34 ± 0.62 | 0.000 | 5.18 ± 0.78 | 4.71 ± 0.68 | 0.000 |