Table 2.

Associations between characteristics of hypertensive participants (n=1,021) and adherence

	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Variables	N	Partial adherence vs. total adherence	Total non adherence vs. total adherence
Sex
Male	212	0.80 (0.58–1.12)	2.14 (1.08–4.25)†
Age in years
≤ 40	139	1.46 (0.95–2.25)*	2.19 (0.87–5.50)*
40–55	631	0.92 (0.68–1.25)	0.69 (0.31–1.52)
> 55	251	1	1
Married
No	207	0.89 (0.64–1.23)	1.15 (0.53–2.50)
Occupational status
Manual	222	1.05 (0.72–1.52)	0.67 (0.22–2.05)
Lower non-manual	515	0.98 (0.72–1.34)	1.39 (0.63–3.06)
Upper non-manual	267	1	1
Smoking status
Non-smoker	873	1.47 (0.98–2.19)*	1.99 (0.60–6.61)
Alcohol consumption
Non-drinkers	160	1.15 (0.64–2.05)	0.57 (0.14–2.38)
Light-drinkers	764	1.73 (1.05–2.83)†	1.06 (0.36–3.10)
Heavy-drinkers	90	1	1
BMI
≤ 19.9	17	1.84 (0.62–5.47)	13.95 (2.82–68.87)‡
20–24.9	277	1.68 (1.17–2.41)‡	3.33 (1.18–9.47)†
25–29.9	424	1.65 (1.18–2.29)‡	2.29 (0.82–6.41)
≥ 30	267	1	1
Physical activity >2 MET/day
No	284	0.92 (0.69–1.23)	0.55 (0.24–1.27)
Psychological distress
No	740	0.90 (0.68–1.20)	1.31 (0.59–2.93)
Depression
No	830	0.92 (0.62–1.35)	0.78 (0.31–1.92)
Rhinopharyngite
No	706	1.06 (0.79–1.42)	1.07 (0.50–2.25)
Asthma
No	882	0.72 (0.45–1.15)	0.91 (0.27–3.09)
Bronchitis
No	825	1.24 (0.83–1.83)	1.12 (0.42–2.94)
Myocardial infarction
No	891	1.25 (0.74–2.12)	3.05 (0.41–22.77)
Stroke
No	908	0.95 (0.51–1.77)	-
Osteoarthritis
No	723	0.87 (0.64–1.17)	5.77 (1.37–24.33)†
Rheumatism
No	926	1.20 (0.45–3.22)	0.34 (0.08–1.75)
Fibromyalgia
No	923	1.21 (0.54–2.73)	1.17 (0.15–9.04)
Prolapsed intervertebral disc
No	693	0.99 (0.74–1.34)	1.98 (0.81–4.82)
Ulcer
No	870	0.84 (0.52–1.34)	0.73 (0.25–2.14)
Migraine
No	683	0.89 (0.67–1.19)	2.13 (0.88–5.22)*
Diabetes
No	869	1.95 (1.14–3.33)‡	1.99 (0.47–8.51)
Hypertension anteriority (years)
0–2	311	2.08 (1.41–3.09)†	0.10 (0.02–0.45)‡
2–5	222	1.43 (0.93–2.20)*	0.51 (0.21–1.23)
5–10	292	1.42 (0.95–2.14)*	0.63 (0.29–1.37)
>10	196	1	1

^*p<0.10;

^†p<0.05;

^‡p<0.01;

^†P<0.001