Table 1
Selected characteristics of household population aged 40 to 79, by hypertension status, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 1
Selected characteristics of household population aged 40 to 79, by hypertension status, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of household population aged 40 to 79 Total, Non-hypertensive, Hypertensive, Sample size, Mean or % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
  Total Non-hypertensive Hypertensive
Sample size Mean or % 95% confidence interval Sample size Mean or % 95% confidence interval Sample size Mean or % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Geometric mean of blood lead (µg/dL) 4,550 1.64 1.58 1.71 2,708 1.59 1.51 1.66 1,842 1.74Note * 1.65 1.83
Mean age (years) 4,550 55.4 55.1 55.8 2,708 52.4 51.9 52.8 1,842 60.7Note * 59.9 61.5
Sex (%)  
Men 2,214 49.5 49.2 49.9 1,254 45.8 43.7 48.0 960 55.9Note * 52.7 59.0
Women 2,336 50.5 50.1 50.8 1,454 54.2 52.0 56.3 882 44.1Note * 41.0 47.3
Highest level of education (%)  
Less than secondary school graduation 758 15.4 13.7 17.3 315 11.5 9.7 13.7 443 22.1Note * 19.5 24.9
Secondary school graduation or higher 3,739 82.2 80.2 84.1 2,366 86.7 84.4 88.7 1,373 74.6Note * 71.4 77.4
Missing 53 2.40Note E: Use with caution 1.6 3.4 27 1.8Note E: Use with caution 1.1 3.0 26 3.4Note E: Use with caution 1.9 5.9
Current smoking behaviour (%)  
Non-smoker 3,753 80.6 78.9 82.1 2,189 79.1 77.0 81.1 1,564 83.0Note * 80.2 85.5
Daily or occasional smoker 797 19.4 17.9 21.1 519 20.9 18.9 23.0 278 17.0Note * 14.5 19.8
Average daily alcohol consumption in past week (%)  
0 or 1 drink 3,939 86.0 83.7 88.0 2,336 86.6 84.6 88.4 1,603 84.9 80.7 88.4
2 or more drinks 568 13.2 11.2 15.5 348 12.8 11.0 14.8 220 14.0 10.6 18.3
Missing 43 0.80Note E: Use with caution 0.5 1.2 24 0.6Note E: Use with caution 0.3 1.1 19 1.1Note E: Use with caution 0.6 1.8
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (%)  
At least 30 minutes per week 1,541 33.0 30.0 36.2 1,070 38.1 34.7 41.6 471 24.4Note * 21.1 28.1
Less than 30 minutes per week 2,179 47.8 43.7 51.8 1,218 45.4 41.1 49.9 961 51.8Note * 47.1 56.4
Missing 830 19.2 16.8 21.9 420 16.5 13.9 19.5 410 23.8Note * 20.1 28.0
Mean BMI (kg/m2) 4,550 28.0 27.7 28.4 2,708 26.9 26.5 27.3 1,842 30.0Note * 29.5 30.4
Non-HDL cholesterol (%)  
Less than 4.3 mmol/L 3,133 68.7 65.5 71.7 1,801 67.9 64.0 71.6 1,332 70.0 66.2 73.5
4.3 mmol/L or more 1,417 31.3 28.3 34.5 907 32.1 28.4 36.0 510 30.0 26.5 33.8
Diabetes (%) 610 12.8 10.9 15.0 151 5.5 4.0 7.5 459 25.3Note * 22.1 28.9
Chronic kidney disease (%) 421 7.2 6.1 8.4 101 3.1 2.3 4.2 320 14.1Note * 12.0 16.5
Family history of high blood pressure (%)  
Yes 2,191 51.2 48.9 53.5 1,153 45.8 42.5 49.0 1,038 60.50Note * 56.8 64.0
No 2,002 41.4 39.0 43.8 1,383 47.7 44.6 50.9 619 30.5Note * 26.9 34.4
Don't know 357 7.4 6.2 8.9 172 6.5 5.1 8.3 185 9.0 7.0 11.4
Antihypertensive medication use (%) 1,469 28.9 26.7 31.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1,469 78.4Note † 74.2 82.0
... not applicable
E use with caution
Note *

ignificantly different from non-hypertensive (p < 0.05)

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Note †

testing not applicable

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Notes: All percentage and mean estimates are weighted using combined cycle 1/cycle 2 survey weights. All confidence intervals are based on variance estimates produced using combined cycle 1/cycle 2 bootstrap weights.

Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.
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