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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;18(10):803–812. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.07.008

Table 3.

Crude and adjusted Odds Ratios (95% CI)a for hypertension for Hispanic subgroups, non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites: NHIS 1997–2005

Hypertension
Crude Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Puerto Rican 0.93
(0.86, 1.00)		 1.44
(1.32, 1.56)		 1.17
(1.06, 1.30)		 1.01
(0.87, 1.18)
Mexican 0.45
(0.43, 0.48)		 1.02
(0.95, 1.10)		 0.80
(0.80, 0.86)		 0.73
(0.65, 0.82)
Mexican American 0.71
(0.67, 0.76)		 1.13
(1.05, 1.21)		 0.86
(0.80, 0.93)		 0.80
(0.72, 0.88)
Cuban 0.99
(0.92, 1.07)		 0.99
(0.90, 1.09)		 0.92
(0.83, 1.01)		 0.86
(0.70, 1.05)
Dominican 0.84
(0.71, 0.98)		 1.66
(1.36, 2.02)		 1.65
(1.32, 2.06)		 1.67
(1.23, 2.27)
Central & South American 0.45
(0.40, 0.50)		 0.91
(0.81, 1.01)		 0.81
(0.72, 0.91)		 0.80
(0.69, 0.93)
Other Hispanic 0.67
(0.60, 0.75)		 1.12
(1.00, 1.25)		 0.97
(0.86, 1.10)		 0.91
(0.76, 1.09)
Non-Hispanic black 1.36
(1.31, 1.42)		 1.94
(1.88, 2.01)		 1.60
(1.54, 1.67)		 1.48
(1.41, 1.56)
Non-Hispanic white 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
a

Crude association between race/ethnicity and self-reported hypertension (Crude); ORs adjusted for age, sex, marital status, survey year, U.S. region and nativity status/length in the U.S. (Model 1); additionally adjusted for BMI, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and diabetes (Model 2); and Model 2 additionally adjusted for health insurance, education, income and occupation (Model 3).