Table 3.

Correlates of prevalent hypertension among the study subjects (results of multiple logistic regression analysis)

Variable	β-Coefficient	Odds ratio	p value
Diabetes	0.81 (0.22) c	2.06; 1.45 - 3.5 d	P < 0.001
BMI b	0.65 (0.20)	2.01; 1.48 - 2.47	P < 0.01
Dependency	0.63 (0.15)	1.6; 0.9 - 2.7	P < 0.001

^a Age, sex, marital status, region, educational level, physical activity, depression were not statistically significant. ^b BMI Body Mass Index. ^c Figures in parentheses are standard errors.

^d Figures in italics are 95% confidence intervals.