## 3 Results  
Approximately half of the participants were 40-59 years of age, half had a primary to high school level of education, and half were homemakers (Table 1). Of 153 males, 62 (40.5%) smoked tobacco and 31 (20.3%) used SLT. Of 154 females, none smoked tobacco, and 56 (36.4%) used SLT. After adjusting for socio-demographic factors, education and age were significantly associated with smoking tobacco. For example, having no education was associated with a higher proportion of smoking, with an odds ratio (OR) of 3.76 and a 95% confidence interval (95% CI: 1.27, 11.1). Similarly, gender and age, but not education, were associated with SLT use. SLT use was more likely in women compared to men (OR 2.74; 95% CIs: 1.48, 5.09) and in people older than 60 years compared to people aged below 40 years (OR 3.78; 95% CIs: 1.26, 11.4). Socioeconomic status and occupation were not associated with smoking tobacco or SLT use (Table 2). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l r r} \hline \hline  & & **Number** & **Percentage** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sex} & Female & 154 & 50.2 \\  & Male & 153 & 49.8 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Age group, years} & Below 40 & 46 & 15.0 \\  & 40–59 & 160 & 52.1 \\  & 60 years or older & 101 & 32.9 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Level of education} & No education & 99 & 32.2 \\  & Primary to high school & 149 & 48.5 \\  & Secondary school certificate or above & 59 & 19.1 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Socioeconomic status} & Poor or very poor & 92 & 30.0 \\  & Middle class or rich & 215 & 70.0 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Occupation} & Homemakers & 146 & 47.6 \\  & Businesspersons & 24 & 7.8 \\  & Employees & 53 & 17.3 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{l} \end{tabular} } & Farmer (agriculture or any hard labor) & 72 & 23.5 \\  & Unemployed & 12 & 3.9 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l r r r r r r} \hline \hline  & & & **Smoke Tobacco** & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Smokeless Tobacco (SLT)**} \\ \cline{3-8}  & & **No. at Risk** & \(\boldsymbol{n}\) **(\%)** & **OR (95\% CI) \({}^{*}\)** & **No. at Risk** & \(\boldsymbol{n}\) **(\%)** & **OR (95\% CI) \({}^{*}\)** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sex} & Female & 154 & 0 (0) & – & 154 & 56 (36.4) & 2.74 (1.48, 5.09) \\  & Male & 153 & 62 (40.5) & – & 153 & 31 (20.3) & 1.0 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Age, years} & Below 40 & 20 & 5 (25.0) & 1.0 & 46 & 6 (13.0) & 1.0 \\  & 40–59 & 63 & 34 (54.0) & 5.09 (1.0, 26.5) & 160 & 43 (26.9) & 1.71 (0.63, 4.61) \\  & 60 or above & 70 & 23 (32.9) & 2.01 (0.38, 10.7) & 101 & 38 (37.6) & 3.78 (1.26, 11.4) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{+Level of education} & No education & 39 & 20 (51.3) & 3.76 (1.27, 11.1) & 99 & 39 (39.4) & 2.5 (0.92, 6.82) \\  & Primary to high school & 65 & 30 (46.2) & 2.73 (1.06, 7.06) & 149 & 41 (27.5) & 1.89 (0.74, 4.82) \\  & SSC or above & 49 & 12 (24.5) & 1.0 & 59 & 7 (11.9) & 1.0 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{SES} & Poor & 40 & 18 (45.0) & 1.0 & 92 & 30 (32.6) & 1.0 \\  & Middle class & 113 & 44 (38.9) & 1.13 (0.49, 2.57) & 215 & 57 (26.5) & 0.92 (0.52, 1.62) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Occupation} & Homemaker & 0 & 0 & 0 & 146 & 51 (34.9) & 1.27 (0.19, 8.74) \\  & Businessperson & 24 & 9 (37.5) & 0.75 (0.24, 2.36) & 24 & 4 (16.7) & 2.00 (0.52, 7.78) \\ \multirow{2}{*}{Occupation} & Employee & 45 & 13 (28.9) & 0.79 (0.29, 2.17) & 53 & 16 (31.5) & 2.34 (0.77, 7.16) \\ \multirow{2}{*}{} & Farmer (agriculture or any hard labor) & 72 & 38 (52.8) & 1.0 (ref) & 72 & 14 (18.7) & 1.0 (ref) \\  & Unemployed & 12 & 2 (16.7) & 0.26 (0.05, 1.39) & 12 & 4 (33.3) & 1.29 (0.11, 11.73) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* * Odds ratio; 95% confidence interval (CI) adjusted for variables in the model. In the case of smoking tobacco, the associations are shown for male participants only.  
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Table 2: Smoking and SLT use in people with high blood pressure and their associated socio-demographic factors.