Table 4.

Logistic regression of new cases of hypertension in 2010–2011 on 2006–2007 social support and control variables (N = 5720; new cases n = 534)

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
	Demographics and support			Church attend, added			Health behavior added			BMI added
	OR	[95 % C.I.]	P	OR	[95 % C.I.]	P	OR	[95 % C.I.]	P	OR	[95 % C.I.]	P
Age	1.01	[1.01, 1.02]	.001**	1.01	[1.01, 1.02]	.001**	1.02	[1.01, 1.02]	.000***	1.02	[1.01, 1.03]	.000***
Female	1.14	[0.93, 1.39]	.215	1.14	[0.93, 1.39]	.215	1.12	[0.91, 1.37]	.294	1.15	[0.93, 1.41]	.193
Blacka	1.19	[0.97, 1.47]	.096	1.20	[0.97, 1.48]	.093	1.16	[0.94, 1.43]	.173	1.12	[0.90, 1.38]	.317
Educationb
High school or less	1.19	[0.91, 1.56]	.209	1.19	[0.91, 1.55]	.213	1.13	[0.86, 1.49]	.374	l.ll	[0.84, 1.46]	.461
Trade school/some college	1.05	[0.85, 1.29]	.669	1.05	[0.85, 1.29]	.676	1.00	[0.81, 1.24]	.976	0.98	[0.79, 1.21]	.839
Difficulty meeting expensesc	0.93	[0.75, 1.16]	.533	0.93	[0.75, 1.16]	.525	0.93	[0.75, 1.16]	.533	0.89	[0.72, 1.12]	.325
Church attendanced				0.89	[0.54, 1.46]	.639	1.02	[0.61, 1.71]	.926	1.08	[0.65, 1.82]	.759
Current alcohol use							1.39	[0.95, 2.04]	.091	1.45	[0.99, 2.13]	.055
Regular exercise program							1.00	[0.83, 1.21]	.998	1.07	[0.88, 1.29]	.521
Vegetarian diet							0.74	[0.61, 0.90]	.003**	0.81	[0.67, 0.99]	.043*
BMI										1.04	[1.02, 1.05]	.000***
Religious social support
Emotional support given	1.09	[0.92, 1.30]	.316	1.10	[0.92, 1.31]	.298	1.12	[0.94, 1.34]	.202	l.ll	[0.93, 1.33]	.232
Emotional support received	1.05	[0.88, 1.26]	.598	1.05	[0.87, 1.26]	.607	1.02	[0.85, 1.23]	.841	1.02	[0.85, 1.22]	.864
Negative social interactions	1.01	[0.84, 1.22]	.912	1.01	[0.84, 1.22]	.894	1.02	[0.85, 1.23]	.825	1.01	[0.83, 1.21]	.953
Anticipated support	0.83	[0.70, 0.97]	.021*	0.83	[0.71, 0.98]	.024*	0.84	[0.72, 0.99]	.040*	0.86	[0.73, 1.01]	.065†

^†p < . 1

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001

^aWhites are reference group

^bCollege Degree is the reference group

^cIn the last year

^dSeveral times a month or more often