Table 3.

95% CI for Odds Ratio for the Prediction of Hypertension by Health-Related Social Ties and Media preference, Controlling for Health and Sociodemographic Factors

Predictor	Block 1 OR	Block 2 OR	Block 3 OR	Block 4 OR
Intercept	1.32	1.34	1.42	.15
Age	1.04^** [1.01,1.07]	1.04^** [1.01, 1.07]	1.03^** [1.01, 1.06]	1.04^** [1.01, 1.06]
Years in the community	.99 [.98, 1.02]	.99 [.98,1.02]	.97 [.98, 1.02]	1.01 [.98,1.02]
Number of children	.82^** [.72,.93]	.82^** [.72,.93]	.83^** [.72, .93]	.82^** [.72, .94]
Education	.94^** [.91, .98]	.95^** [.90, 97]	.94^** [.91, .98]	.94^** [.91, .98]
Household income	.95 [.82, 1.10]	.95 [.82, 1.11]	.94 [.81, 1.09]	1.02 [.85, 1.21]
Health coverage	.48^*** [.33,.70]	.48^*** [.33, .71]	.48^*** [.33, .70]	.49^*** [.34, .71]
English fluency	.93 [.73, 1.17]	.92 [.73, 1.17]	.98 [.76, 1.26]	1.01 [.78, 1.29]
Born in the U.S.	1.35 [.77, 2.38]	1.35 [.77, 2.39]	1.43 [.80, 2.54]	1.48 [.83, 2.63]
Fruit & vegetables intake	1.03 [.89,1.19]	1.03 [.89, 1.21]	1.03 [.89, 1.19]	1.03 [.89, 1.19]
Fast-food consumption	1.06 [.86, 1.31]	1.06 [.86, 1.30]	1.06 [.86, 1.31]	1.05 [.85, 1.30]
Marital status Married Separated Divorced Widowed Single (never married)	.92 [.55, 1.52] 1.48 [.63, 3.47] 1.17 [.40,3.46] 2.58 [.32, 20.8] 1.21 [.70, 2.10]	.92 [.55, 1.58] 1.48 [.63, 3.48] 1.17 [.40, 3.42] 2.57 [.32, 20.7] 1.21 [.70, 2.10]	.91 [.55, 1.51] 1.44 [.61, 3.39] 1.14 [.39, 3.37] 2.67 [.30, 21.72] 1.18 [.68, 2.04]	.91 [.55, 1.52] 1.45 [.61, 3.42] 1.12 [.38, .3.33] .2.67 [.33, 21.59] 1.18 [.68, 2.05]
Employment status Full time Part time Self employed Laid off Homemaker Student	1.37 [.36,5.21] 2.16 [.56,8.38] 2.04 [.45, 9.18] 3.17 [.72,13.97] 2.26 [.58,8.76] 1.77 [.39,7.94]	1.37 [.40,5.23] 2.18 [.56,8.46] 2.07 [.46, 9.39] 3.17 [.72,13.98] 2.27 [.59,8.83] 1.77 [.40,7.96]	1.40 [.37, 5.30] 2.20 [.57, 8.50] 2.16 [.48, 9.75] 3.25 [.74, 14.32] 2.30 [.59, 8.89] 1.77 [.40, 7.97]	1.41 [.37, 5.40] 2.20 [.57, 8.58] 2.10 [.46, 9.53] 3.30 [.74, 14.65] 2.24 [.58, 8.70] 1.80 [.40, 8.12]
Level of stress	1.01 [.93, 1.08]	1.01 [.92, 1.08]	1.01 [.93, 1.08]	1.02 [.93, 1.09]
Health-related social ties		.98 [.85, 1.12]	.97 [.84, 1.11]	.82⁺ [.66, 1.01]
Media preference Mainstream media			1.46⁺ [.98, 1.94]	1.34^* [1.01, 1.78]
Social ties X Media preference				.79^* [.55, .98]
R² (Cox & Snell/ Nagelkerke)	.05/.09	.06/ .10	.07/ .11	.08/.13
R² (Hosmer & Lemeshow)	.08	.09	.10	.12
Model χ²	54.97^***	58.07	59.24	71.27^***

Note: [] are 95% CIs for ORs. Living with partner was the reference category for marital status and permanently disabled was the reference category for employment status;

⁺

p < .10

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001.