Table 4 Factors associated with the Blood Pressure of the Respondents
From: Nutritional status and Cardiometabolic health among adolescents; findings from southwestern Nigeria
Variable | Blood Pressure | Total (%) | Statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (%) | Elevated (%) | |||
Currently smoking | χ2 = 1.8d | |||
Yes | 1 (0.5) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (1.3) | df = 1 |
No | 209 (99.5) | 100 (97.1) | 309 (98.) | p = 0.106 |
Currently taking alcoholic beverages | χ2 = 5.018c | |||
Yes | 10 (4.8) | 12 (11.7) | 22 (7.0) | df = 1 |
No | 200 (95.2) | 91 (88.3) | 291 (93.0) | p = 0.025 a |
WHR | χ2 = 0.893c | |||
Normal | 165 (78.6) | 76 (73.8) | 241 (77.0) | df = 1 |
Abnormal | 45 (21.4) | 27 (26.2) | 72 (23.0) | p = 0.391 |
WHtR | χ2 = 15.109c | |||
Low | 203 (96.7) | 87 (84.5) | 290 (92.7) | df = 1 |
High | 7 (3.3) | 16 (15.5) | 23 (7.3) | p = 0.001a |
BMI | ||||
Underweight | 29 (13.8) | 9 (8.7) | 38 (12.1) | χ2 = 24.971c |
Normal | 172 (81.9) | 71 (68.9) | 243 (77.6) | df = 2 |
Overweight/obese | 9 (4.3) | 23 (22.3) | 32 (10.2) | p < 0.001a |
bRBS (n = 179) | χ2 = 0.044d | |||
Normal | 108 (96.4) | 65 (97.0) | 173 (96.6) | df = 1 |
Elevated | 4 (3.6) | 2 (3.0) | 6 (3.4) | p = 0.832 |