Table 4. Risk factors associated with hypertension in rural area.
| Hypertensive | Total | p | cOR | CI 95% | aOR | CI 95% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | N | ||||||
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | |||||||
| 15–17 | 27 | (8.5%) | 317 | 0.52 | 0.33–0.79 | 0.45 | 0.28–0.71 | |
| 18–25 | 118 | (15.1%) | 779 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 26–35 | 184 | (20.8%) | 886 | 1.47 | 1.14–1.89 | 1.61 | 1.23–2.14 | |
| 36–45 | 192 | (27.4%) | 701 | 2.11 | 1.63–2.73 | 2.36 | 1.77–3.16 | |
| 46–55 | 179 | (38.6%) | 464 | 3.52 | 2.68–4.62 | 4.05 | 2.99–5.51 | |
| 56–65 | 165 | (55.0%) | 300 | 6.85 | 5.08–9.26 | 7.76 | 5.56–10.90 | |
| More than 65 years old | 114 | (65.5%) | 174 | 10.64 | 7.39–15.47 | 11.81 | 7.79–18.07 | |
| Sex | 0.67 | |||||||
| Male | 460 | (27.4%) | 1679 | |||||
| Female | 519 | (26.7%) | 1942 | |||||
| Occupation * | <0.0001 | |||||||
| Activity with ongoing income | 761 | (27.9%) | 2731 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jobless | 32 | (19.8%) | 162 | 0.637 | 0.42–0.93 | |||
| Housewives/househusbands | 121 | (25.3%) | 479 | 0.875 | 0.69–1.09 | |||
| Students | 16 | (9.9%) | 162 | 0.284 | 0.16–0.46 | |||
| Retired or enable (for other reason…) | 47 | (56.0%) | 84 | 3.288 | 2.12–5.12 | |||
| Education | <0.0001 | |||||||
| Never in school | 109 | (35.0%) | 311 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Previously but not currently in school | 854 | (27.1%) | 3148 | 0.69 | 0.541–0.884 | |||
| Currently in school | 16 | (9.9%) | 162 | 0.20 | 0.112–0.349 | |||
| Marital status ** | <0.0001 | |||||||
| Single | 116 | (16.4%) | 706 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Married | 469 | (26.8%) | 1747 | 1.87 | 1.49–2.35 | 0.62 | 0.46–0.83 | |
| Cohabitation | 200 | (27.4%) | 730 | 1.91 | 1.49–2.45 | 0.77 | 0.56–1.06 | |
| Divorced | 81 | (38.4%) | 211 | 3.17 | 2.25–4.46 | 1.01 | 0.67–1.51 | |
| Separated | 15 | (26.8%) | 56 | 1.86 | 0.97–3.40 | 0.62 | 0.30–1.20 | |
| Widower | 97 | (57.1%) | 170 | 6.76 | 4.71–9.75 | 0.89 | 0.56–1.41 | |
| Socio-economic level | 0.6 | |||||||
| Poorest | 162 | (26.3%) | 616 | |||||
| Poor | 183 | (27.6%) | 663 | |||||
| Middle | 177 | (24.9%) | 710 | |||||
| Rich | 214 | (27.7%) | 772 | |||||
| Richest | 243 | (28.3%) | 860 | |||||
| Risks | 0.0001 | |||||||
| Low | 494 | (24.3%) | 2035 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Moderate | 433 | (30.2%) | 1435 | 1.35 | 1.15–1.57 | 1.38 | 1.17–1.62 | |
| High | 52 | (34.4%) | 151 | 1.64 | 1.14–2.31 | 1.67 | 1.14–2.42 | |
| Dizziness | 0.66 | |||||||
| Yes | 497 | (27.4%) | 1815 | |||||
| No | 482 | (26.7%) | 1806 | |||||
| Tinnitus | 0.4 | |||||||
| Yes | 515 | (27.7%) | 1862 | |||||
| No | 464 | (26.4%) | 1759 | |||||
| Headache on waking | 0.006 | |||||||
| Yes | 362 | (29.9%) | 1209 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| No | 617 | (25.6%) | 2412 | 0.80 | 0.69–0.93 | 0.81 | 0.69–0.96 | |
| Epistaxis | 0.4 | |||||||
| Yes | 110 | (25.3%) | 435 | |||||
| No | 869 | (27.3%) | 3186 | |||||
| Diabetes | 0.16 # | |||||||
| Yes | 8 | (44.4%) | 18 | |||||
| No | 227 | (25.9%) | 878 | |||||
| Unknown | 744 | (27.3%) | 2725 | |||||
*3 missing values,
**1 missing value,
#fisher exact test.