Table 3.

Interaction between the regression of ethnicity and frequency of attendance to religious services on hypertension, systolic BP and diastolic BP, NHANES III

	Hypertension		Systolic BP		Diastolic BP
	OR	95% CI	β	P-value	β	P-value
Race/ethnicity*Attendance
Black*Attendance 1 (Never)	1.00		–		–
Black*Attendance 2 (1–51)	1.26	0.90–1.76	0.40	0.631	0.35	0.592
Black*Attendance 3 (52)	1.23	0.89–1.69	0.87	0.267	0.13	0.847
Black*Attendance 4 (>52)	0.72	0.41–1.24	0.85	0.505	–0.61	0.504
Mexican-American*Attendance 1 (Never)	1.00		–		–
Mexican-American*Attendance 2 (1–51)	1.57	0.94–2.64	1.87	0.014	0.74	0.276
Mexican-American*Attendance 3 (52)	1.57	1.03–2.39	1.91	0.002	2.07	0.003
Mexican-American*Attendance 4 (>52)	0.99	0.47–2.07	0.47	0.652	0.28	0.802

OR odds ratio; 95% CI 95% confidence interval; all models adjusted for age, sex, marital status, metropolitan residence, region, nativity, language spoken at home, PIR, education, insurance status, diabetes, fair/poor health, obesity, physical inactivity, current drinking and smoking status