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Published in final edited form as: Equity Neurosci. 2026 Jun 22;2(3):100060. doi: 10.1016/j.neuros.2026.100060

Table 4.

Factors associated with hypertension knowledge among recent Ghanaian stroke survivors.

VARIABLE BIVARIATE
MULTIVARIATE
Unadjusted β (95% CI) P-value Adjusted β (95% CI) P-value
Age in years 470 −0.02 (−0.05, 0.00) 0.092
Male sex 470
 No Ref
 Yes 0.67 (0.10, 1.20) 0.022 0.41 (−0.21, 1.00) 0.196
Educational Status 470
 None Ref Ref
 Primary 1.50 (0.51, 2.50) 0.003 1.10 (0.02, 2.10) 0.046
 Secondary 2.20 (1.20, 3.20) <0.001 1.60 (0.52, 2.70) 0.004
 Tertiary 3.10 (2.00, 4.30) <0.001 2.40 (1.20, 3.60) <0.001
Religion 470
 Christianity Ref Ref
 Islam −1.6 (−2.6, −0.69) <0.001 −1.4 (−2.4, −0.49) 0.003
 Other −3.6 (−7.1, −0.04) 0.048 −3.4 (−7.5, 0.68) 0.102
Domicile 470
 Rural Ref
 Semi-Urban −0.87 (−2.0, 0.30) 0.143
 Urban −0.94(−2.1,0.18) 0.101
Monthly 470
 0–100 0.04(−0.77,−0.84) 0.930
 101–250 0.32(−0.51,−1.1) 0.451
 251–500 0.32 (−0.51, 1.1) 0.451
 >500 0.31 (−0.63, 1.3) 0.512
Stroke Type (Choose One) 405
 Ischemic Stroke Ref
 Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke −0.48 (−1.2, 0.21) 0.170
 Ischemic With Hemorrhagic Transformation −0.40 (−2.4, 1.6) 0.692
 Untyped Stroke −1.9 (−4.5, 0.76) 0.163
Modified Rankin Score 469 −0.39 (−0.61, −0.16) <0.001 0.05 (−0.25, 0.35) 0.726
NIH Stroke Scale 461 −0.13 (−0.18, −0.08) <0.001 −0.15 (−0.22, −0.07) <0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)-Baseline 467 −0.01 (−0.03, 0.00) 0.113
Diastolic Blood Pressure 467 −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) 0.216
Body Mass Index 451 0.10 (0.05, 0.15) <0.001 0.08 (0.03, 0.13) 0.002
Health institution category 470
 Primary Ref Ref
 Secondary 0.81 (0.03, 1.60) 0.042 0.48 (−0.30, 1.30) 0.228
 Tertiary 0.50 (−0.16, 1.2) 0.137 −0.39 (−1.1, 0.34) 0.297

C.I Confidence Interval.