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. 2024 Dec 5;19(1):90. doi: 10.5334/gh.1372

Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratio for the association between SES and other covariates with the prevalence of hypertension, undiagnosed hypertension, and untreated hypertension among individuals aged 18 years or older: 2017–2018, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey.


MEASURES aOR (95% CI)

HYPERTENSION (n = 11,776) UNDIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION (n = 3,383) UNTREATED HYPERTENSION (n = 1,479)

Age, yrs

    18–34 1.00 1.00 1.00

    35–39 2.54 (2.13–3.02)a 0.90 (0.64–1.26) 0.44 (0.23–0.88)c

    40–44 3.11 (2.59–3.74)a 0.51 (0.37–0.70)a 0.60 (0.32–1.12)

    45–49 4.26 (3.50–5.19)a 0.48 (0.35–0.66)a 0.25 (0.13–0.50)a

    50–54 5.89 (4.75–7.29)a 0.37 (0.27–0.51)a 0.44 (0.23–0.85)c

    55–59 6.99 (5.73–8.53)a 0.27 (0.20–0.39)a 0.25 (0.12–0.52)a

    60–64 9.03 (7.31–11.17)a 0.23 (0.17–0.32)a 0.25 (0.12–0.49)a

    65+ 12.03 (9.94–14.56)a 0.26 (0.19–0.35)a 0.36 (0.20–0.64)b

Currently married

    No 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Yes 0.78 (0.67–0.91)c 0.74 (0.59–0.92)b 0.71 (0.43–1.18)

Currently working

    No 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Yes 0.92 (0.81–1.05) 1.05 (0.87–1.28) 1.21 (0.79–1.85)

BMI

    Underweight 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Normal 1.93 (1.69–2.21)a 0.63 (0.49–0.83)b 0.85 (0.43–1.69)

    Overweight/obese 5.04 (4.27–5.95)a 0.44 (0.33–0.59)a 0.89 (0.43–1.82)

Education

    No education 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Primary 1.06 (0.93–1.21) 0.79 (0.64–0.98)c 1.57 (0.99–2.48)

    Secondary 1.12 (0.96–1.31) 0.81 (0.63–1.05) 1.10 (0.63–1.91)

    Higher 1.13 (0.94–1.36) 0.82 (0.60–1.29) 1.82 (0.94–3.52)

Gender

    Female 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Male 0.80 (0.71–0.91)a 2.36 (1.92–2.90)a 1.19 (0.77–1.86)

Living in a patriarchal family

    No 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Yes 1.05 (0.89–1.24) 0.98 (0.73–1.30) 1.35 (0.74–2.49)

No. of adult member

    1–2 1.00 1.00 1.00

    3 0.95 (0.82–1.11) 1.03 (0.81–1.31) 0.89 (0.53–1.48)

    4+ 0.89 (0.75–1.06) 0.98 (0.76–1.27) 1.44 (0.82–2.53)

No. of household member

    1–4 1.00 1.00 1.00

    5 0.99 (0.86–1.16) 0.88 (0.69–1.13) 0.57 (0.32–1.00)

    6+ 0.94 (0.80–1.10) 0.94 (0.74–1.21) 0.72 (0.43–1.22)

Place of residence

    Rural 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Urban 1.09 (0.96–1.23) 0.89 (0.73–1.09) 0.79 (0.50–1.23)

Division

    Barisal 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Chittagong 0.88 (0.70–1.11) 1.01 (0.72–1.43) 0.55 (0.25–1.20)

    Dhaka 0.64 (0.51–0.81)a 1.02 (0.73–1.44) 0.61 (0.27–1.29)

    Khulna 0.81 (0.65–1.02) 1.09 (0.77–1.53) 1.40 (0.65–3.01)

    Mymensingh 0.67 (0.54–0.85)b 1.04 (0.72–1.50) 0.59 (0.26–1.38)

    Rajshahi 0.87 (0.68–1.10) 1.10 (0.79–1.54) 1.84 (0.86–3.92)

    Rangpur 1.05 (0.85–1.31) 1.40 (1.00–1.96)c 2.02 (1.03–3.97)c

    Sylhet 0.86 (0.68–1.09) 0.71 (0.49–1.04) 0.37 (0.15–0.91)c

SES

    Nonpoor 1.00 1.00 1.00

    Poor 0.88 (0.77–0.99)c 1.53 (1.24–1.89)b 1.68 (1.02–2.76)c

Note: CI = Confidence interval; aOR = Adjusted odds ratio. Here a, b, and c indicate p < 0.001, p < 0.01, and p < 0.05.