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. 2013 Jan;9(1):77–81.

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension

Characteristics Uncontrolled hypertension
Controlled hypertension
n(%) OR(95%CI) n(%) OR(95%CI)
Sex
 Female 404 (17.6) Reference 116 (29.2) Reference
 Male 404 (18.0) 1.02 (0.88-1.19) 51 (2.7) 0.35 (0.25-0.51)*
Age (years)
 19-44 227 (7.2) Reference 27 (12.0) R
 44-64 341 (35.4) 7.10 (5.88-8.59) 77 (23.0) 2.19 (1.36-3.52)**
 ≥ 65 240 (59.6) 19.09(15.01-24.28)* 63 (26.5) 2.64 (1.61-4.33)*
Marital Status
 Married 660 (19.2) Reference 133 (20.5) Reference
 Single 148 (13.6) 1.51 (1.25-1.83)* 34 (23.0) 1.16 (0.76-1.78)
Education (years)
 0-5 486 (30.5) Reference 110 (22.9) Reference
 6-12 235 (11.5) 0.29 (0.25-0.35) 42 (18.1) 0.74 (0.50-1.11)*
 > 12 85 (9.6) 0.24 (0.19-0.31) 15 (17.9) 0.73 (0.40-1.33)
Employment
 Housewife 381 (19.7) Reference 109 (29.1) Reference
 Manual jobs 120 (12.8) 0.59 (0.48-0.75)* 8 (6.7) 0.17 (0.08-0.37)*
 Non-manual jobs 129 (15.6) 0.75 (0.60-0.93) 16 (12.5) 0.35 (0.19-0.62)
 Retired 134 (53.2) 0.27 (0.27-1.37) 29 (22.1) 0.57 (0.37-0.89)**
 Unemployed 32 (11.5) - 2 (6.3) -
 Student 5 (1.9) - 1 (20.0) -
Family income
 Low 619 (19.5) Reference 122 (19.9) Reference
 Middle 141 (14.7) 0.71 (0.580-0.87) 37 (26.4) 1.44 (0.94-2.20)
 High 46 (12.2) 0.57 (0.42-0.79) 8 (18.2) 0.89 (0.41-1.97)
Obesity
 No 520 (14.3) Reference 104 (20.2) Reference
 Yes 269 (32.7) 2.90 (2.44-3.45)* 57 (21.5) 1.58 (0.75-1.55)

OR: Odds ratio; CI: confidence interval

*

P value obtained from chi-square test.

**

Data expressed as OR (95% CI) was obtained from univariate logistic regression