Table 4.
Determinant factors of BP control status among adult hypertensive patients on outpatient follow-up at UOGRH, Gondar, northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (n=395)
| Variables | BP control statusa
|
Crude OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled | Uncontrolled | |||
| Age | – | – | 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 66 | 83 | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 133 | 111 | 1.41 (1.06, 1.86)* | 1.31 (0.81, 2.11) |
| Education | ||||
| No formal education | 91 | 88 | 1 | 1 |
| Elementary | 54 | 57 | 0.74 (0.53, 1.03) | 0.79 (0.55, 1.14) |
| Secondary and above | 54 | 47 | 0.63 (0.45, 0.87) | 0.67 (0.41, 1.08) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Housewife | 101 | 92 | 1 | 1 |
| Farmer | 12 | 21 | 0.62 (0.37, 1.04)* | 0.82 (0.42, 1.63) |
| Government employed | 35 | 22 | 0.65 (0.43, 0.98)* | 0.84 (0.46, 1.54) |
| Merchant | 7 | 11 | 0.47 (0.23, 0.94) | 0.68 (0.32, 1.46) |
| Private employed | 21 | 26 | 0.73 (0.47, 1.13) | 1.22 (0.67, 2.20) |
| Retired | 23 | 24 | 0.91 (0.59, 1.41) | 1.18 (0.59, 2.06) |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poor | 69 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
| Medium | 66 | 55 | 0.91 (0.65, 1.28) | 0.83 (0.59, 1.17) |
| Rich | 64 | 78 | 0.72 (0.52, 0.99) | 0.79 (0.57, 1.11) |
| Fruit eating habit | ||||
| None | 115 | 111 | 1 | 1 |
| 1–3 days/week | 72 | 81 | 0.76 (0.57, 1.00) | 0.74 (0.54, 1.01) |
| 4–7 days/week | 12 | 4 | 1.19 (0.59, 2.40) | 1.21 (0.60, 2.44) |
| Vegetable eating habit | ||||
| None | 56 | 102 | 1 | 1 |
| 1–3 days/week | 131 | 88 | 1.85 (1.39, 2.46)** | 2.24 (1.65, 3.06)** |
| 4–7 days/week | 12 | 6 | 1.90 (1.14, 3.70) | 2.36 (1.17, 4.75)* |
| Current alcohol consumption | ||||
| Yes | 2 | 7 | 0.31 (0.10, 0.92)* | 0.59 (0.20, 1.74) |
| No | 197 | 189 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical activity | ||||
| None | 46 | 91 | 1 | 1 |
| 1–3 days/week | 28 | 27 | 1.27 (0.83, 1.96) | 1.50 (0.96, 2.33) |
| 4–7 days/week | 125 | 78 | 1.70 (1.26, 2.30)** | 1.95 (1.41, 2.68)** |
| Salt intake | ||||
| Yes | 45 | 64 | 0.65 (0.48, 0.88)* | 0.67 (0.49, 0.93)* |
| No | 154 | 132 | 1 | 1 |
| Body mass index | ||||
| Normal/underweight | 120 | 94 | 1 | 1 |
| Overweight | 52 | 77 | 0.59 (0.43, 0.80)** | 0.50 (0.36, 0.68)** |
| Obese | 27 | 25 | 0.66 (0.43, 1.00)* | 0.56 (0.36 0.87)* |
| Duration on treatment | ||||
| <2 years | 24 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| 2–4 years | 74 | 68 | 1.97 (1.32, 2.95)** | 1.70 (1.13, 2.56)* |
| ≥5 years | 101 | 79 | 2.22 (1.50, 3.27)** | 1.96 (1.32, 2.92)** |
| DM | ||||
| Yes | 46 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 153 | 135 | 1.30 (0.95, 1.77) | 1.13 (0.82, 1.55) |
| Adherence | ||||
| Low | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Medium | 36 | 64 | 1.55 (0.79, 3.08) | 1.33 (0.67, 2.62) |
| High | 159 | 113 | 2.99 (1.57, 5.72)** | 2.18 (1.14, 4.15)** |
Notes: Significant variables are shown in bold.
*
Significant at p<0.05,
**
Significant at p≤0.001.
a
Blood control status of hypertensive patients on follow-up by taking the average BP over the last 6 months. When OR or AOR value =1, it indicates that is the reference.
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; UOGRH, University of Gondar Referral Hospital; OR, odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; DM, diabetes mellitus.