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. 2025 Aug 22;25:2882. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23590-7

Table 2.

Results from the Logistic regression model showing factors associated with hypertension in India

Variables Odd ratio (95% confidence interval)
Awareness Treatment Control
Age
 Less than 15 ®
 20–24 1.69*** [1.59,1.80] 1.16** [1.06,1.27] 1.75*** [1.68,1.82]
 25–29 1.97*** [1.84,2.11] 1.20*** [1.09,1.33] 2.52*** [2.41,2.63]
 30–34 2.41*** [2.25,2.59] 1.63*** [1.47,1.81] 3.89*** [3.72,4.07]
 35–39 3.07*** [2.85,3.30] 2.41*** [2.18,2.66] 5.46*** [5.21,5.71]
 40–44 4.33*** [4.03,4.65] 4.34*** [3.94,4.79] 7.79*** [7.44,8.15]
 45–49 5.77*** [5.36,6.21] 6.65*** [6.02,7.34] 10.16*** [9.71,10.64]
 More than 50 8.41*** [7.75,9.13] 9.90*** [8.88,11.03] 11.03*** [10.48,11.61]
Sex
 Male ®
 Female 1.57*** [1.53,1.61] 1.33*** [1.28,1.38] 0.69*** [0.68,0.70]
Place of Residence
 Urban ®
 Rural 1.01 [0.96,1.06] 0.94** [0.89,0.98] 0.96* [0.94,0.99]
Religion
 Hindu ®
 Muslim 1.14*** [1.07,1.20] 1.23*** [1.16,1.31] 1.01 [0.98,1.05]
 Christian 1.18*** [1.07,1.30] 1.14** [1.03,1.25] 1.05 [0.99,1.10]
 Others 1.64*** [1.52,1.78] 1.19*** [1.08,1.30] 1.41*** [1.35,1.47]
Caste
 Scheduled caste®
 Scheduled tribe 0.72*** [0.67,0.76] 0.82*** [0.77,0.88] 1.10*** [1.07,1.14]
 Other backward class 1.03 [0.99,1.07] 0.97 [0.93,1.02] 0.97* [0.95,0.99]
 None of them 1.04 [1.00,1.09] 1.12*** [1.06,1.18] 1.01 [0.98,1.04]
Wealth Index
 Poorest ®
 Poorer 1.15*** [1.10,1.21] 1.11** [1.04,1.18] 1.08*** [1.05,1.11]
 Middle 1.28*** [1.22,1.35] 1.27*** [1.19,1.35] 1.19*** [1.16,1.22]
 Richer 1.39*** [1.32,1.47] 1.51*** [1.41,1.61] 1.30*** [1.26,1.35]
 Richest 1.55*** [1.46,1.66] 1.79*** [1.67,1.93] 1.38*** [1.33,1.43]
Education
 No Education ®
 Primary 1.06** [1.02,1.10] 1.13*** [1.07,1.19] 1.05*** [1.02,1.08]
Secondary 1.18*** [1.14,1.22] 1.16*** [1.11,1.22] 1.03** [1.01,1.06]
 Higher 1.23*** [1.17,1.29] 1.11** [1.04,1.19] 0.94*** [0.91,0.97]
Marital Status
 Never married ®
 Married 1.76*** [1.68,1.85] 1.37*** [1.27,1.47] 1 [0.97,1.03]
 Widowed 1.78*** [1.65,1.92] 1.59*** [1.44,1.77] 1.19*** [1.13,1.26]
 Divorced 1.61*** [1.34,1.94] 1.31* [1.01,1.69] 1.04 [0.92,1.17]
Alcohol Consumption
 No ®
 Yes 1.11*** [1.06,1.15] 1.08** [1.02,1.14] 1.34*** [1.31,1.37]
Tobacco Consumption
 No ®
 Yes 0.85*** [0.82,0.88] 0.79*** [0.75,0.83] 0.87*** [0.85,0.88]
Health Insurance
 No ®
 Yes 0.90*** [0.88,0.93] 0.99 [0.95,1.02] 0.97*** [0.95,0.98]
Region
 North ®
 Central 1.02 [0.96,1.08] 0.88*** [0.83,0.93] 1.13*** [1.10,1.17]
 East 1.22*** [1.14,1.30] 1.51*** [1.42,1.61] 0.90*** [0.86,0.93]
 North East 1.21*** [1.13,1.30] 2.10*** [1.96,2.26] 1.01 [0.97,1.06]
 West 0.49*** [0.46,0.52] 1.01 [0.94,1.08] 0.89*** [0.85,0.93]
 South 0.86*** [0.81,0.92] 1.42*** [1.35,1.50] 1.12*** [1.08,1.16]

Source: NFHS-5, 2019–21

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001