Table 3.

Odds ratios for gender disparities in hypertension awareness

	Hypertension awareness
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Female	1.35 (1.05, 1.73)*	1.24 (0.97, 1.61)†	1.02 (0.78, 1.35)
Education (College grad or more)
Less than high school	0.98 (0.60, 1.59)	0.97 (0.57, 1.65)	1.04 (0.61, 1.77)
High school graduate	0.92 (0.63, 1.34)	0.89 (0.59, 1.33)	0.93 (0.61, 1.43)
Some college	1.27 (0.93, 1.74)	1.20 (0.86, 1.67)	1.21 (0.86, 1.71)
Race/ethnicity (White)
Non-Hispanic black	1.43 (1.08, 1.90)*	1.32 (0.97, 1.78)	1.19 (0.87, 1.65)
Hispanic	1.13 (0.76, 1.69)	1.08 (0.69, 1.67)	1.06 (0.69, 1.65)
Asian	1.15 (0.73, 1.81)	1.23 (0.77, 1.97)	1.23 (0.78, 2.76)
Other race	1.52 (0.80, 2.87)	1.37 (0.72, 2.64)	1.46 (0.78, 2.76)
Age	1.00 (0.94, 1.07)	1.00 (0.93, 1.07)	1.01 (0.94, 1.08)
Married, ever	1.30 (1.04, 1.64)*	1.24 (0.98, 1.57)†	1.15 (0.90, 1.48)
BMI (Healthy)
Underweight		0.81 (0.16, 4.23)	0.62 (0.09, 4.17)
Overweight		1.06 (0.71, 1.58)	1.04 (0.70, 1.54)
Obese 1		1.42 (0.97, 2.08)†	1.43 (0.96, 2.13)†
Obese 2		1.67 (1.12, 2.50)*	1.61 (1.05, 2.47)*
Obese 3		2.56 (1.66, 3.94)***	2.56 (1.63, 4.00)***
Smoking status (Never regular  smoker)
Former smoker		0.95 (0.71, 1.27)	0.98 (0.71, 1.33)
Current smoker		0.88 (0.66, 1.18)	0.96 (0.72, 1.28)
Physical activity level (High)
Low		1.14 (0.84, 1.57)	1.27 (0.93, 1.74)
Medium		1.01 (0.66, 1.18)	1.04 (0.79, 1.37)
Insurance coverage (Private  insurance)
No insurance			0.88 (0.65, 1.20)
Public insurance			1.22 (0.76, 1.96)
Last regular medical check-up (Less  than 6 months ago)
6 to 12 months ago			0.64 (0.46, 0.88)**
1 to 2 years			0.52 (0.37, 0.73)***
2 yrs or more			0.31 (0.23, 0.43)***
Unknown/never			0.25 (0.09, 0.66)**

Notes: Source = Wave IV National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.

^†p ≤ .10;

^*p ≤ .05;

^**p ≤ .01;

^***p ≤ .001.

N = 2,769.