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Published in final edited form as: J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2013 Sep;28(3):299–316. doi: 10.1007/s10823-013-9199-0

Table 3.

Association between High Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure with Age, Education, Rural Residence, an Indicator of “Poor” State and Indicators of Nutritional Status for the Mexican Population aged 20 or older: ENSANUT 2006

Covariates High SBP
(≥140 mmHg)
High SBP
or Meds
High DBP
(≥90 mmHg)
High DBP
or Meds
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Age (ref=20–29)
 30–39 0.88 [0.36,2.20] 0.84 [0.37,1.87] 1.00 [0.42,2.40] 1.00 [0.51,1.97] 1.18 [0.67,2.10] 1.94* [1.07,3.52] 1.24 [0.71,2.19] 1.89* [1.10,3.26]
 40–49 2.59* [1.05,6.35] 1.91 [0.89,4.09] 2.90* [1.23,6.81] 2.54** [1.31,4.93] 1.62 [0.93,2.83] 2.58** [1.40,4.73] 1.73* [1.00,2.99] 2.97*** [1.71,5.17]
 50–59 3.29** [1.34,8.05] 8.42*** [3.88,18.25] 4.96*** [2.14,11.52] 11.21*** [5.72,21.97] 2.24** [1.24,4.01] 5.49*** [2.91,10.37] 2.92*** [1.66,5.13] 7.43*** [4.18,13.19]
 60–69 4.09** [1.64,10.18] 14.04*** [6.24,31.61] 8.30*** [3.45,19.94] 25.01*** [12.27,50.97] 1.62 [0.85,3.11] 6.24*** [3.11,12.53] 3.13*** [1.67,5.86] 13.26*** [7.12,24.70]
 70–+ 7.80*** [3.15,19.28] 24.61*** [10.29,58.90] 16.60*** [7.05,39.08] 39.29*** [18.19,84.88] 2.50** [1.26,4.95] 7.51*** [3.66,15.43] 6.49*** [3.52,11.97] 16.90*** [8.71,32.79]
Low Education 0.90 [0.53,1.55] 0.97 [0.54,1.75] 0.91 [0.56,1.48] 0.86 [0.54,1.35] 1.05 [0.69,1.59] 0.79 [0.49,1.26] 1.07 [0.72,1.60] 0.88 [0.58,1.32]
Rural 1.05 [0.72,1.54] 1.38 [0.95,1.99] 0.85 [0.59,1.23] 0.99 [0.71,1.39] 0.82 [0.60,1.13] 1.18 [0.87,1.60] 0.67* [0.49,0.92] 0.85 [0.64,1.13]
Poor State 1.29 [0.89,1.87] 1.01 [0.71,1.43] 1.15 [0.81,1.63] 1.02 [0.74,1.40] 1.02 [0.75,1.38] 0.87 [0.65,1.16] 0.94 [0.70,1.26] 0.89 [0.67,1.16]
Stunted 0.44** [0.25,0.78] 0.67 [0.33,1.36] 0.57* [0.33,0.99] 0.59 [0.30,1.16] 0.55 [0.30,1.02] 0.56 [0.26,1.22] 0.60 [0.34,1.07] 0.50* [0.26,0.94]
Overweight 2.78*** [1.79,4.32] 1.32 [0.84,2.07] 3.04*** [2.02,4.59] 1.43 [0.98,2.08] 2.87*** [1.90,4.33] 2.14*** [1.38,3.32] 3.18*** [2.17,4.65] 1.99*** [1.37,2.88]
***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01

*

p<0.05

Note: Coefficient estimates and 95% confidence intervals (shown in brackets) from logistic models. All estimates are weighted taking into account the survey sampling design.