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. 2014 Nov 5;24(6):484–493. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140063

Table 3. Timing of urbanization status of Thai cohort members and prevalence odds ratios for hypertension or hyperlipidaemia in 2009 stratified by birth cohort groupa .

Urbanization status All Birth year

<1960 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–
(n = 46 719) (n = 3186) (n = 11 144) (n = 20 571) (n = 11 818)





OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
  Hypertension

RRR ref ref ref ref ref
RRU 1.22* 1.05–1.41 1.17 0.80–1.72 1.11 0.87–1.43 1.20 0.93–1.56 1.80*** 1.19–2.72
RUU 1.06 0.95–1.18 1.04 0.83–1.30 1.01 0.86–1.19 1.06 0.87–1.29 1.23 0.81–1.86
UUU 1.34*** 1.20–1.49 1.36** 1.08–1.70 1.21* 1.01–1.45 1.33** 1.08–1.64 1.60*** 1.09–2.33
Hosmer-Lemeshow P-value 0.13 0.86 0.86 0.77 0.84

  Hyperlipidaemia

RRR ref ref ref ref ref
RRU 1.29*** 1.43–2.70 1.65*** 1.18–2.32 1.24** 1.05–1.47 1.26** 1.07–1.49 1.79*** 1.31–2.45
RUU 1.49*** 1.60–1.76 1.68*** 1.38–2.04 1.35*** 1.21–1.51 1.54*** 1.36–1.73 1.73*** 1.31–2.29
UUU 1.48*** 1.60–2.49 1.64*** 1.34–2.01 1.34*** 1.19–1.51 1.49*** 1.30–1.70 2.14*** 1.62–2.83
Hosmer-Lemeshow P-value 0.36 0.97 0.78 0.13 0.9

*<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.005.

aAll models based on cohort members with complete data; for life-course codes, see footnote in Table 1. All odds ratios were adjusted for the following confounders: sex, income, health service access, quality of health insurance coverage, smoking, drinking, physical activity, and body mass index. Estimates based on whole cohort ORs were also adjusted for birth year groups, and estimates for each of the four birth year strata were adjusted for age in years. Hypertension models were adjusted for family history of hypertension.