Table 5. Factors associated with the prevalence of hypertension from multivariate logistic regression models in age group 60–69 (N = 775).
| Variables | n | Prevalence of HBP (%) | OR (95% CI)a | OR (95% CI)b |
| Gender: Female | 468 | 43.2 | – | 1.000(reference) |
| Male | 307 | 39.1 | – | 0.733(0.451, 1.190) |
| Body weight: normal weight | 569 | 42.0 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.000(reference) |
| Leanness | 94 | 26.6 | 0.496(0.305, 0.808) | 0.446(0.262, 0.758) |
| Overweight | 102 | 52.0 | 1.475(0.966, 2.253) | 1.342(0.840, 2.143) |
| Obesity | 10 | 50.0 | 1.356(0.388, 4.743) | 1.607(0.417, 6.190) |
| Education level: No school | 214 | 43.9 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.000(reference) |
| Primary school | 55 | 47.3 | 1.169(0.643, 2.126) | 1.271(0.671, 2.406) |
| Junior high school | 327 | 41.6 | 0.938(0.654, 1.346) | 0.876(0.590, 1.301) |
| Senior high school | 156 | 37.8 | 0.815(0.521, 1.273) | 0.730(0.447, 1.193) |
| Junior college and above | 23 | 30.4 | 0.594(0.230, 1.531) | 0.548(0.198, 1.516) |
| Diabetes mellitus: no | 759 | 41.6 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.000(reference) |
| Yes | 16 | 37.5 | 0.820(0.294, 2.283) | 0.974(0.323, 2.938) |
| Cigarette smoking: no | 557 | 40.9 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.000(reference) |
| Smoking | 218 | 43.1 | 1.610(1.003, 2.585) | 1.487(0.888, 2.490) |
| Alcohol consumption: no | 640 | 39.8 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.000(reference) |
| Yes | 135 | 49.6 | 1.502(1.034, 2.182) | 1.527(1.016, 2.295) |
| Family history of HBP: no | 601 | 31.8 | 1.000 (reference) | 1.000(reference) |
| Yes | 174 | 75.3 | 6.514(4.432, 9.574) | 6.813(4.582, 10.131) |
95%CI, 95% confidence interval; HBP, high blood pressure; OR, odds ratio;
a
Adjusted for gender only; b Adjusted for all other variables in the table.