Table 4.
Factors associated with hypertension knowledge among recent Ghanaian stroke survivors.
| VARIABLE | BIVARIATE |
MULTIVARIATE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.