Table 4.

Risk factors associated with hypertension

	Number	% hypertensive	Crude		Adjusted a
			Odds Ratio		Odds Ratio
Variable			COR	95%CI	AOR	95%CI
Male	641	27.8	1
Female	887	27.1	1	0.77–1.21	0.9	0.62–1.17
Age group years
35–44	855	17.7	1
45–54	471	34.6	2.5	1.9–3.19	2.3	1.78–3.07
55–64	202	51.5	4.9	3.6–6.8	4.5	3.16–6.48
Marital status
Married	1205	17.2	1
Never Married	64	25.8	0.6	0.31–1.15	0.7	0.34–1.36
Divorced/Separated	126	32.5	1.4	0.93–2.06	1.2	0.69–2.12
Widowed	133	41.4	2	1.40–2.92	1.7	1.12–2.63
Education
None	362	34.3	1
Primary	792	24.8	0.6	0.48–0.83	0.8	0.57–1.04
Secondary and above	374	26.2	0.7	0.47–0.93	0.9	0.60–1.24
Occupation
Unemployed	215	28.8	1
Formal Employment	266	26.7	0.9	0.60–1.34	1	0.61–1.57
Casual worker	521	28.8	1	0.70–1.41	1.2	0.84–1.84
Self employed	526	25.7	0.9	0.60–1.21	0.9	0.60–1.31
Wealth quintiles
Middle	316	24.4	1
Lowest	324	28.7	1.2	0.88–1.77	1.1	0.74–1.59
Second	291	27.8	1.2	0.83–1.72	1.2	0.81–1.74
Fourth	430	26.1	1.1	0.78–1.52	1.2	0.83–1.69
Highest	167	32.9	1.5	1.02–2.48	1.6	1.02–2.47
Current Smoking
No	1398	26.9	1
Yes	130	32.3	1.6	1.10–2.28	1.1	0.74–1.79
Alcohol consumption
No		27.1	1
Yes		28.9	1.1	0.79–1.51	1.2	0.82–1.61
Physical activity
High	299	21.1	1
Moderate	1167	29	1.5	1.12–2.07	1.6	1.12–2.15
Low	62	27.4	1.4	0.75–2.64	1.3	0.64–2.46
BMI
Normal	768	21.9	1
Underweight	95	27.4	1.3	0.83–2.18	1.4	0.81–2.25
Overweight	401	32.2	1.7	1.29–2.21	2	1.46–2.65
Obesity	264	36	2	1.48–2.72	2.4	1.71–3.44

^aAdjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) including all variables in the table