Higher self-reported prevalence of hypertension among Moluccan-Dutch than among the general population of the Netherlands: results from a cross-sectional survey

Table 2 Exposure to risk factors in the Moluccan-Dutch study population and native Dutch control group

	Men			Women
	Moluccan-Dutch (n = 341)	Native Dutch (n = 1621)	p	Moluccan-Dutch (n = 367)	Native Dutch (n = 1796)	P
BMI categories (%)			0.064			0.183
Underweight (<18)	0.3	0.4		1.6	1.3
Normal (18–25)	33.4	41.5		46.9	53.0
Overweight (25–30)	49.0	46.4		35.4	30.5
Obese	15.0	11.0		12.3	12.8
Missing	2.3	0.7		3.8	2.5
Different exercise activities on a weekly basis (%)			0.162			<0.001
0 – 2	20.8	24.9		19.9	21.2
3 – 5	56.0	54.7		66.8	57.2
6 – 8	23.5	20.4		13.3	21.7
Smoking (%)			<0.001			<0.001
Never smoked	24.1	36.2		31.3	38.4
Past smoker	49.7	41.1		42.5	40.4
Current smoker
1 – 10 per day	13.5	10.4		19.9	11.5
11 – 20 per day	8.8	9.4		4.6	8.1
>20 per day	1.8	2.8		1.6	1.7
Missing	0.2	0		0	0
Alcohol consumptions per week (%)			<0.001			<0.001
Abstainers	34.0	11.2		55.6	24.0
Habitual (1 – 14)	58.1	66.7		41.1	66.8
Often (15 – 28)	5.9	16.9		0.3	6.0
Excessive (>28)	1.5	3.4		0.0	0.6
Missing	0.6	1.8		3.0	2.6
People engaging in binge drinking episodes (%)			<0.001			<0.001
Daily	1.5	2.5		0.3	0.4
Weekly	7.3	13.6		1.1	3.1
Monthly	38.7	32.7		22.3	11.4
Never	29.3	39.4		39.8	61.3
Missing	23.2	11.8		36.5	23.8
Mental health status (%)			<0.001			0.008
MHI-5 > 80	51.9	64.3		44.1	53.4
MHI-5 60 - 80	37.8	24.8		38.7	31.7
MHI-5 < 60	8.2	9.5		12.8	11.9
Missing	2.1	1.5		4.4	3.0

MHI-5 = value on the Mental Health Inventory 5-scale. All p-values represent the outcome of a Chi-square test, testing for even distribution between different categories.

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