Table 3. Logistic Regression With Race as a Predictor for Hypertension Among Adults in New York City, New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013–2014.

Racial/Ethnic Group	No.	OR (95% CI)
		Age Adjusted	Adjusted for Age, Sex, Education, and BMI	Adjusted for Age, Sex and Education and Stratified by BMI Group
				Normal or Underweight	Overweight	Obese
By major group
Non-Hispanic white	495	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]
Non-Hispanic black	328	2.5 (1.7−3.7)	2.6 (1.7−3.9)	6.6 (2.7−16.0)	2.6 (1.4−4.9)	1.6 (0.8−3.1)
Hispanic	382	1.4 (0.9−2.1)	1.3 (0.9−2.0)	3.5 (1.4−8.7)	1.4 (0.7−2.5)	0.8 (0.4−1.5)
Non-Hispanic Asian	200	1.7 (1.1−2.9)	2.0 (1.2−3.4)	5.8 (2.3−14.9)	2.6 (1.2−5.5)	0.5 (0.2−1.6)
By major group and subgroupa
Non-Hispanic white	495	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]	1.0 [Ref]
Non-Hispanic black	328	2.5 (1.7−3.7)	2.5 (1.7−3.8)	6.8 (2.8−16.6)	2.6 (1.3−4.8)	1.5 (0.8−3.1)
Puerto Rican	143	1.5 (0.9−2.5)	1.4 (0.8−2.3)	3.6 (1.0−12.4)	1.5 (0.7−3.3)	0.8 (0.3−1.7)
Dominican	92	2.1 (1.2−3.8)	1.9 (1.1−3.5)	3.4 (0.8−14.0)	1.1 (0.5−2.5)	2.1 (0.8−5.4)
Central or South American	137	1.0 (0.6−1.7)	1.0 (0.5−1.7)	4.5 (1.4−14.3)	1.3 (0.5−2.9)	0.4 (0.2−0.9)
East or Southeast Asian	131	1.9 (1.1−3.3)	2.8 (1.6−4.9)	7.0 (2.5−19.3)	2.7 (1.2−6.4)	1.8 (0.5−6.2)
South Asian	60	1.7 (0.7−4.1)	1.5 (0.7−3.2)	3.6 (1.1−11.8)	2.2 (0.7−6.7)	0.4 (0.1−1.9)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference.

^a Not all participants in Hispanic or Asian categories answered question on racial/ethnic subgroup.