Table 2.
Adjusted odds ratio (OR) and their P values of predictors of hypertension prevalence and awareness by sex.
| Prevalence | Awareness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| OR | P value | OR | P value | OR | P value | OR | P value | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 25–34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 35–49 | 1.17 | .59 | 2.32 | .00 | .65 | .43 | 1.94 | .03 |
| 50–64 | 3.55 | .00 | 7.34 | .00 | 2.25 | .13 | 3.05 | .00 |
| 65+ | 7.18 | .00 | 14.1 | .00 | 3.61 | .03 | 4.37 | .00 |
| Education | ||||||||
| <high school | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| High school | .84 | .35 | .84 | .15 | 1.24 | .5 | 1.12 | .57 |
| >high school | .66 | .04 | .69 | .01 | 2.13 | .02 | 1.19 | .44 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Married | 1.04 | .92 | 1.4 | .09 | 1.84 | .47 | 2.21 | .89 |
| Income** | ||||||||
| <300 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 300–599 | 1.28 | .15 | .82 | .07 | .83 | .49 | .94 | .71 |
| 600+ | 1.16 | .56 | .99 | .94 | .48 | .08 | 1 | .99 |
| Current smoking | ||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Yes | .9 | .23 | .91 | .21 | 2.27 | .00 | 1.83 | .02 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | ||||||||
| <25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 25–29 | 2.72 | .00 | 1.7 | .00 | 1.75 | .21 | 1.21 | .55 |
| 30+ | 5.52 | .00 | 3.74 | .00 | 2.78 | .02 | 1.33 | .35 |
| DM | ||||||||
| Absent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Present | 1.63 | .02 | 2.57 | .00 | 1.98 | .02 | 3.56 | .00 |
| High cholesterol | ||||||||
| Absent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Present | 1.21 | .21 | 1.05 | .65 | .54 | .02 | 1.02 | .89 |