Table 2.

Results of generalized estimating equations

	Coefficient	Standard error	z	P
Cons_1	-7.27491	0.8533082	-8.53	0
Cons_2	-8.921791	0.8670381	-10.29	0
Cons_3	-8.253619	0.8607792	-9.59	0
Cons_4	-10.71109	0.8952318	-11.96	0
Female (vs. male)	1.389162	0.1959131	7.09	0
Age	0.0532048	0.0079643	6.68	0
BMI	-0.114449	0.009973	-1.15	0.251
Joining NRCMS (vs. not joining)	-0.009856	0.1041018	-0.09	0.925
Daily smoking (vs. not smoking)
<10 cigarettes	0.6989892	0.1490481	4.69	0
10-20 cigarettes	1.880096	0.1982579	9.48	0
21-30 cigarettes	4.164752	0.2797552	14.89	0
31-40 cigarettes	5.027749	0.3877939	12.97	0
>40 cigarettes	5.423671	0.4484097	12.1	0
Daily alcohol intake (vs. not drinking)
<50 mL	-0.144686	0.1352986	-1.07	0.285
50-100 mL	0.0492849	0.1462375	0.34	0.736
>100-150 mL	0.2496853	0.371617	0.67	0.502
>150-200 mL	0.9168573	0.4639914	1.98	0.048
>200 mL	0.1791324	0.870807	0.21	0.837
Number of years of schooling	-0.077254	0.0313048	-2.47	0.014
Financial capacity	-0.213526	0.0570027	-3.75	0
Awareness of hypertension	1.545984	0.1657462	9.33	0
Understanding the danger due to hypertension	-0.585789	0.1877989	-3.12	0.002
Treatment of hypertension	-0.052023	0.1910931	-0.27	0.785
Control of hypertension	-1.67305	0.3589172	-4.66	0

_1 Brain damage

_2 Heart damage

_3 Kidney damage

_4 Other

NRCMS: New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, BMI: body mass index