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. 2016 Feb 11;31(1):22–28. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2015.124

Table 4. Factors and risk of hypertension according to study group: crude and adjusted models.

  Rural group
Migrant group
Urban group
  Crude model Adjusted modela Crude model Adjusted modela Crude model Adjusted modela
  RR (95%CI) RR (95%CI) RR (95%CI) RR (95%CI) RR (95%CI) RR (95%CI)
Binge drinking
 Yes 1.09 (0.36–3.33) 1.33 (0.43–4.14) 0.36 (0.05–2.52) 0.57 (0.08–4.11)
 
Current daily smoking
 Yes 7.09 (4.81–10.5) 4.26 (1.44–12.5)
 
Physical activity
 Low levels 0.91 (0.45–1.84) 0.87 (0.44–1.71) 0.60 (0.12–3.00) 0.90 (0.20–4.05)
 
High total cholesterol
 ⩾200 mg dl−1 2.54 (1.02–6.30) 2.34 (0.84–6.52) 1.63 (0.87–3.04) 1.27 (0.65–2.47) 1.22 (0.28–5.27) 1.05 (0.24–4.55)
 
Obesity
 BMI ⩾30 kg m2 2.40 (0.72–7.98) 2.39 (0.59–9.68) 1.51 (0.76–3.02) 1.15 (0.57–2.34) 5.76 (1.16–28.7) 3.79 (0.83–17.3)
 
High waist circumference
 Yes 2.28 (1.04–4.97) 2.68 (1.22–5.89) 2.33 (1.09–5.00) 1.56 (0.69–3.55) 3.78 (0.46–30.9) 2.15 (0.42–10.9)
 
Type 2 diabetes
 Yes 2.60 (0.91–7.46) 1.70 (0.59–4.86) 5.34 (1.16–24.5) 7.10 (1.56–32.3)
 
Pre-hypertension
 Yes 2.05 (0.96–4.38) 2.24 (1.00–5.02) 2.69 (1.41–5.12) 2.98 (1.55–5.73) 2.26 (0.52–9.76) 2.98 (0.74–12.1)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; RR, relative risk. Bolded estimates are significant, P<0.05.

a

Adjusted by sex, age, education level, and socioeconomic status.