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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of case and control groups. Study on the effect of education on the hypertension preventive behaviors among the staff of the Iran University of Medical Sciences, during 2019

From: The effect of education based on health belief model on promoting preventive behaviors of hypertensive disease in staff of the Iran University of Medical Sciences

Characteristic

Cases

Controls

P-value

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

41.94 ± 9.04

40 ± 8.38

0.241a

Work experience (years)

 Mean ± SD

15.98 ± 8.99

14.41 ± 8.80

0.363a

Gender

 Male

28 (43.8%)

27 (56.3%)

0.858b

 Female

36 (42.2%)

37 (57.8%)

BP history

 Yes

10 (15.6%)

8 (12.5%)

0.611b

 No

54 (84.4%)

56 (87.5%)

Education

 High School diploma

12 (18.8%)

8 (12.5%)

0.572b

 Undergraduate degree

29 (45.3%)

29 (45.3%)

 Postgraduate degree

23 (35.9%)

27 (42.2%)

  1. a Mann-Whitney test was used,
  2. b Chi-squared test was used