TABLE 4.

Multivariate Logistic Regression of Patient Characteristics Associated With Receipt of Antihypertensive Prescription for Medicaid Adolescents With Primary HTN (N = 4296)

	OR	P Value	95% CI
Male (ref = female)	1.10	.2379	0.94–1.29
Age at first eligibility 15–19 y (ref = 11–14 y)	2.11	<.0001	1.79–2.48
White (ref = black)	1.61	<.0001	1.39–1.88
Hispanic (ref = black)	1.35	.1182	0.93–1.96
Other/unknown (ref = black)	0.88	.6635	0.51–1.54
Has obesity comorbidity (ref = no comorbidity)	1.57	<.0001	1.35–1.82
4–6 y of Medicaid eligibility (ref = 3 y)	1.08	.5680	0.89–1.30

ref, reference.