Table 4. Prevalence and potential risk factors associated with HTN in adolescent females.

ERICA Study, Goiânia, Goiás, Central-West region of Brazil, 2013–2014.

Variables	Total1 (N = 973)	HTN prevalence		Crude PR2 (95.0% CI)3	p4
		%	(95.0% CI)3
Age (years)
12–14	472	5.9	(3.7–9.4)	1.00
15–17	501	6.4	(3.8–10.7)	1.08 (0.48–2.42)	0.838
Race/skin color (self-reported)5
White	348	5.1	(2.8; 9.4)	1.00
Black	47	9.5	(3.2; 25.7)	1.85 (0.50–6.75)	0.339
Mixed	530	6.4	(4.5; 9.1)	1.24 (0.57–2.68)	0.567
Other3	38	7.6	(2.4; 21.7)	1.49 (0.48–4.54)	0.473
Type of school attended
Public	623	6.1	(4.2; 8.7)	1.00
Public	350	6.4	(4.0; 10.2)	1.05 (0.57–1.91)	0.873
Term
Morning	783	6.4	(4.6; 8.9)	1.00
Afternoon	190	5.2	(2.8; 9.4)	0.81 (0.40–1.63)	0.549
Tobacco use (lifetime)
No	799	6.5	(4.9; 8.7)	1.00
Yes	174	4.6	(2.0; 10.1)	0.70 (0.31–1.58)	0.386
Tobacco use (previous 30 days)
No	932	6.1	(4.4; 8.4)	1.00
Yes	33	5.1	(0.8; 27.4)	0.84 (0.11; 5.95)	0.861
Alcohol use (lifetime)
No	354	5.6	(3.1; 9.7)	1.00
Yes	574	6.3	(4.3; 9.1)	1.12 (0.53–2.38)	0.752
Alcohol use (previous 30 days)
No	719	6.6	(4.8; 9.1)	1.00
Yes	219	4.8	(2.4; 9.4)	0.72 (0.34; 1.49)	0.369
Binge drinking(previous 30 days)
No	845	5.8	(4.3; 7.9)	1.00
Yes	64	8.7	(2.5; 25.7)	1.46 (0.41–5.18)	0.545
Physical Activity
Active	368	6.5	(4.2; 10.0)	1.00
Inactive	562	6.4	(4.5; 9.2)	0.97 (0.56–1.69)	0.936
Diabetes mellitus (self-reported)
No	930	6.0	(4.4; 8.2)	1.00
Yes	40	9.9	(3.5; 25.1)	1.63 (0.54–4.94)	0.371
Hypercholesterolemia (self-reported)
No	835	5.5	(4.0; 7.5)	1.00
Yes	96	7.1	(3.2; 15.3)	1.29 (0.53–3.10)	0.558
Nutritional status
Normal	747	4.6	(3.3; 6.4)	1.00
Overweight	154	9.9	(6.1; 15.7)	2.15 (1.17–3.92)	0.014
Obese	54	16.4	(6.7; 34.6)	3.51 (1.52–8.12)	0.004

¹Number of valid responses

²Prevalence Ratio

³95% Confidence Interval

⁴Wald’s Chi-square test

⁵Includes Native Brazilian and Asian ethnic groups.