Table 3.
Odds ratio of systolic and diastolic hypertension by psychosocial stress
| |
Systolic hypertension |
Diastolic hypertension |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) unadjusted | p-value | OR (95% CI) adjusted for age, sex & BMI | p-value | OR (95% CI) unadjusted | p-value | OR (95% CI) adjusted for age, sex & BMI | p-value | |
|
Level of perceived discrimination |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| -low |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| -moderate |
1.55 (0.66 – 3.60) |
0.31 |
1.46 (0.59 – 3.62) |
0.41 |
1.51 (0.59 – 3.87) |
0.40 |
1.91 (0.66 – 5.54) |
0.23 |
| -high |
1.46 (0.69 – 3.10) |
0.32 |
1.49 (0.66 – 3.37) |
0.34 |
0.72 (0.29 – 1.83) |
0.49 |
0.87 (0.32 – 2.40) |
0.79 |
|
Depressive symptoms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| -minimal |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| -mild |
0.44 (0.18 – 1.07) |
0.07 |
0.50 (0.19 – 1.28) |
0.15 |
0.98 (0.38 – 2.54) |
0.96 |
0.75 (0.25 – 2.19) |
0.59 |
| moderate |
0.29 (0.06 – 1.38) |
0.12 |
0.32 (0.06 – 1.63) |
1.17 |
0.34 (0.04 – 2.80) |
0.32 |
0.32 (0.04 – 2.96) |
0.32 |
|
Financial stress, overall |
0.99 (0.50 –1.96) |
0.97 |
0.88(0.42 – 1.84) |
0.73 |
0.83 (0.36 – 1.90) |
0.66 |
0.78 (0.31 – 1.92) |
0.59 |
| Financial burden from Ghana | 1.08 (0.47 – 2.51) | 0.85 | 0.88 (0.34 – 2.24) | 0.79 | 0.91 (0.32 – 2.58) | 0.86 | 0.93 (0.28 – 3.15) | 0.91 |
Low level of perceived discrimination and minimal depressive symptoms are the reference groups.