Age adjusted prevalence (95% confidence interval)—in percentage—of risk factors for hypertension in Spanish people aged 60 years and older according to educational level
| Risk factors for hypertension | Number of people | Educational level | p Value for trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Middle | Low | |||
| *p Value for departure from a linear trend <0.05. | |||||
| Men | |||||
| General obesity | 1503 | 31.0 | 25.6 | 38.0 | 0.002* |
| (26.0,36.9) | (20.4,32,0) | (31.1,46.4) | |||
| Central obesity | 1616 | 46.1 | 42.7 | 49.3 | 0.137 |
| (40.0,52.1) | (36.6,49.7) | (31.1,46.4) | |||
| Physical inactivity | 1611 | 24.4 | 30.2 | 46.2 | <0.001 |
| (20.0,29.8) | (23.9,38.1) | (37.4,57.1) | |||
| Heavy alcohol intake | 1616 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 17.6 | <0.001 |
| (8.0,15.2) | (11.2,12.1) | (12.3,25.2) | |||
| Heavy intake of cured meats | 1616 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 0.213 |
| (15.1, 24.0) | (13.2, 23.7) | (14.3, 24.9) | |||
| Short stature | 1616 | 21.4 | 29.6 | 35.7 | <0.001 |
| (17.2,26.7) | (32.1,37.9) | (28.2,45.2) | |||
| Low childhood social class | 1588 | 31.9 | 43.8 | 49.1 | <0.001 |
| (27.0,27.7) | (36.2,52.9) | (40.9,58.9) | |||
| Women | |||||
| General obesity | 1926 | 30.2 | 41.9 | 42.5 | 0.023 |
| (24.0,38.0) | (32.8,53.5) | (33.5,54.0) | |||
| Central obesity | 2118 | 62.9 | 72.7 | 76.1 | 0.007 |
| (56.2,70.4) | (64.5,82.0) | (67.8,85.4) | |||
| Physical inactivity | 2106 | 41.5 | 42.1 | 56.4 | <0.001* |
| (34.8,49.5) | (34.7,51.0) | (47.1,67.6) | |||
| Heavy alcohol intake | 2118 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.507 |
| (0.8,5.7) | (0.5,5.3) | (0.8,6.8) | |||
| Heavy intake of cured meats | 2118 | 15.5 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 0.265 |
| (11.0,21.8) | (6.6, 14.9) | (7.3, 15.7) | |||
| Short stature | 2117 | 22.6 | 30.1 | 32.5 | 0.010 |
| (17.2,29.7) | (22.5,40.1) | (24.7,42.9) | |||
| Low childhood social class | 2061 | 21.5 | 43.3 | 47.5 | <0.001 |
| (16.2,28.5) | (32.2,58.1) | (35.5,63.4) | |||