Table 2.

Associations between social factors and controlled hypertension among the studied population

Variable		Uncontrolled hypertension		Controlled hypertension
		OR(95% CI)	P	OR(95% CI)	P
Sex
	Male/female	2.05 (1.24-3.39)	0.005	0.32 (0.12-0.93)	0.036
Age (years)
	19-44	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
	44-64	5.29 (4.25-6.59)	< 0.001	2.20 (1.29-3.74)	0.004
	≥ 65	14.96(11.11-20.14)	< 0.001	3.36 (1.80-6.29)	< 0.001
Marital status
	Married vs. single	0.93 (0.73-1.19)	0.582	0.66 (0.40-1.10)	0.108
Education (years)
	0-5	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
	6-12	0.88 (0.70-1.11)	0.286	1.36 (0.83-2.25)	0.228
	> 12	0.89 (0.63-1.26)	0.512	1.48 (0.67-3.30)	0.332
Income
	Low	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
	Middle	1.06 (0.83-1.35)	0.662	1.99 (1.2-3.31)	0.008
	High	1.00 (0.68-1.47)	0.986	1.45 (0.58-3.62)	0.424
Job
	Housewife	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
	Manual jobs	0.57 (0.33-0.96)	0.035	0.67 (0.22-2.05)	0.477
	Non-manual jobs	0.52 (0.31-0.89)	0.017	1.04 (0.34-3.18)	0.944
	Retired	-	-	-	-
	Unemployed	-	-	-	-
	Student	-	-	-	-
Comorbid disease
	Obesity	2.34 (1.91-2.87)	< 0.001	0.96 (0.65-1.42)	0.842

OR: Odds ratio; CI: confidence interval

Data expressed as OR (95% CI) was obtained from multivariate logistic regression adjusted for other variables. Variables entered in the model were sex and age in the first step and marital status, educational level, income, job, diabetes, and obesity in the second step.