Table 2.
Bivariate and Multivariate Logistic regression analysis for common risk factors of hypertension in Bedele Town, Southwest Ethiopia, * = p-value <0.005
| Hypertension | |||||
| Variables | Yes, N (%) | No, N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Age | <35 | 18 (6.3) | 269 (93.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 35–55 | 29 (36.7) | 50 (63.3) | 8.67 (4.48–16.79)* | 10.37 (4.06–26.47) * | |
| >55 | 20 (66.7) | 10(33.3) | 29.89 (12.19–73.27)* | 32.517 (9.52–111.04) | |
| Sex | Male | 35 (13.1) | 232 (86.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 32 (24.8) | 97 (75.2) | 2.19 (1.28–3.73) * | 1.25 (0.52–2.98) | |
| Marital status | Single | 11 (5.8) | 180 (94.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Married | 49 (25.9) | 140 (74.1) | 5.73 (2.87–11.42) * | 1.36 (0.527–3.49) | |
| Others | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.2) | 12.73 (3.99–40.61) * | 1.15 (0.21–6.39) | |
| Level of education | Illiterate | 19 (40.4) | 28 (59.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Elementary | 16 (12.2) | 115 (87.8) | 0.21 (0.09–0.45) * | 0.20 (0.07–1.06) | |
| Secondary | 15 (10.8) | 124 (89.2) | 0.18 (0.08–039) * | 0.656 (0.20–2.15) | |
| Tertiary | 17 (21.5) | 62 (78.5) | 0.40 (0.18–0.89) * | 1.33 (0.39–4.56) | |
| Smoking | Yes | 2 (4.8) | 40 (95.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 65 (18.4) | 289 (81.6) | 4.50 (1.06–19.09) * | 3.89 (0.69–22.14) | |
| Khat use | Yes | 15 (12.6) | 104 (87.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 52 (18.8) | 225 (81.2) | 1.60 (0.86–2.98) | 0.81 (0.35–1.88) | |
| Alcohol consumption | Yes | 55 (17.2) | 265 (82.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 12 (15.8) | 64 (84.2) | 0.90 (0.46–1.79) | 0.79 (0.30–2.08) | |
| Additional salt | yes | 4 (8.9) | 41 (91.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 63 (17.9) | 288 (82.1) | 0.45 (0.15–1.29) | 0.56 (0.16–1.95) | |
| Physical Exercise | Yes | 5 (7.6) | 61(92.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 62 (18.8) | 268 (81.2) | 2.82 (1.09–7.32) * | 3.10 (0.97–9.97) | |
| Waist circumference | Normal | 33 (11.4) | 257 (88.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High | 34 (32.7) | 70 (67.3) | 3.78 (2.19–6.54) * | 1.71 (1.07–3.95)* | |