Table 4.
Factors associated with diagnosis and control of hypertension by gender
| Variables | Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for hypertension diagnosis |
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for hypertension control |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=169) | Women (n=264) | Men (n=122) | Women (n=211) | |
| Age (per 1 year) | 1.02 (0.97, 1.09) | 1.04 (0.99, 1.10) | 0.96 (0.90, 1.02) | 0.99(0.94,1.03) |
| Body mass index (per 1 kg/m2) | 1.02 (0.90, 1.16) | 0.98 (0.88, 1.09) | 0.85 (0.74, 0.98)* | 1.01 (0.92, 1.11) |
| Total cholesterol (per 1 mg/dL) | 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) |
| HDLC (per 1 mg/dL) | 0.98 (0.95, 1.00) | 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) | 1.00 (0.96,1.03) | 1.00(0.97,1.03) |
| Education (reference: none) | ||||
| ≤6 y | 0.60 (0.18, 2.00) | 1.23 (0.56, 2.70) | 0.64 (0.18, 2.35) | 1.53 (0.78, 2.98) |
| >6 y | 0.89 (0.23, 3.38) | 0.84 (0.25, 2.79) | 0.61 (0.15, 2.47) | 5.23 (1.43, 19.20)* |
| Current smoking (yes vs. no) | 0.70 (0.30, 1.62) | 0.81 (0.06, 10.02) | 0.66 (0.24, 1.80) | 0.16 (0.01, 2.02) |
| Known diabetes (yes vs. no) | 4.26 (1.34, 13.53)* | 2.33 (0.82, 6.60) | 0.30 (0.12, 0.75)* | 0.23 (0.11, 0.50)*** |
| Awareness of own BP level (yes vs. no) | 1.56 (0.68, 3.58) | 2.86 (1.44, 5.68)** | 1.36 (0.52, 3.57) | 0.77 (0.39, 1.55) |
| No. of BP checkups (per 1/y) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) | 1.06 (1.01, 1.11)* | 1.02 (0.99, 1.04) | 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) |
HDLC, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BP, blood pressure.
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001.