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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Aug 15;81(5):552–561. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002067

Table 6.

Logistic regression analysis for factors associated with screening for hypertension among PLHIV

Variable Not Screened for HTN
n (%)
Screened for HTN
n (%)
Unadjusted Odds ratios (95% CI) Adjusted Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age category, years
18–30 382 (32.7) 103 (22.6) 1.0 1.0
31–50 656 (56.1) 271 (59.4) 1.53 (1.16, 2.03)* 1.56 (1.18, 2.08)*
>50 131 (11.2) 82 (18.0) 2.32 (1.69, 3.18)* 2.37 (1.71, 3.29)*
Sex
Male 477 (40.8) 189 (41.4) 1.0
Female 692 (59.2) 267 (58.6) 0.97 (0.86, 1.10) 1.09 (0.97, 1.22)
BMI, kg/m2, (n=552)
Underweight (<19.0) 136 (33.7) 49 (34.0) 1.0
Normal weight (19.0– <25.0) 243 (60.2) 85 (59.0) 0.97 (0.71, 1.33)
Overweight (25.0-<30.0) 20 (4.9) 8 (5.6) 1.11 (0.52, 2.36)
Obese (≥30.0) 5 (1.2) 2 (1.4) 1.11 (0.27, 4.63)

CI=Confidence interval.

*

P-value < 0.05, HTN=hypertension, kg=kilograms, m=meters