Table 3. Estimation of diastolic hypertension and ordinal logistic regression analysis of factors associated with systolic blood pressure in study participants (N = 1952).
| Variables | Diastolic Blood Pressure(mmHg) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 80 (N = 1632) | 81–89 (N = 11) = 196) | ≥90 (N = 309) | OR [95% CI] | P value | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 855 (82.0%) | 8 (0.8%) | 180 (17.3%) | 1.38 (1.01, 1.90) | <0.044 | |
| Female | 777 (85.5%) | 3 (0.3%) | 129 (14.2%) | 1.00 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| ≥ 65 years | 192 (71.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 76 (28.3%) | 3.70 (2.40, 5.70) | <0.001 | |
| 55–64 years | 176 (82.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 38 (17.8%) | 2.09 (1.29, 3.37) | <0.003 | |
| 45–54 years | 237 (80.6%) | 2 (0.7%) | 55 (18.7%) | 2.03 (1.33, 3.09) | <0.001 | |
| 35–44 years | 413 (84.1%) | 4 (0.8%) | 74 (15.1%) | 1.59 (1.09, 2.31) | <0.016 | |
| 614 (89.8%) | 4 (0.6%) | 66 (9.6%) | 1.00 | |||
| BMI | ||||||
| ≥25kg/m2 | 101 (64.7%) | 2 (1.3%) | 53 (34.0%) | 2.52 (1.41, 4.48) | <0.002 | |
| 18.0–24.9kg/m2 | 1311 (84.9%) | 9 (0.6%) | 225 (14.6%) | 1.12 (0.74, 1.72) | ||
| <18.0kg/m2 | 220 (87.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 31 (12.4%) | 1.00 | ||
| WHtR | ||||||
| High | 459 (75.0%) | 4 (0.7%) | 149 (24.3%) | 0.49 (0.12–0.85) | <0.009 | |
| Normal | 1173 (87.5%) | 7 (0.5%) | 160 (11.9%) | 1.00 | ||
| Educational level | ||||||
| Post-secondary | 97 (80.8%) | 2 (1.7%) | 21 (17.5%) | 1.31 (0.69, 2.47) | ||
| Secondary school | 155 (83.8%) | 1 (0.5%) | 29 (15.7%) | 1.11 (0.65, 1.88) | ||
| Primary school | 628 (85.0%) | 5 (0.7%) | 106 (14.3%) | 0.99 (0.71, 1.39) | ||
| Illiterate | 752 (82.8%) | 3 (0.3%) | 153 (16.9%) | 1.00 | ||
| Family size | ||||||
| >5 members | 1077 (82.5%) | 6 (0.5%) | 223 (17.1%) | 1.20 (0.89, 1.60) | ||
| ≤5 members | 555 (85.9%) | 5 (0.8%) | 86 (13.3%) | 1.00 | ||
| Family income | ||||||
| >500 birr | 689 (84.6%) | 5 (0.6%) | 120 (14.7%) | 0.83 (0.63, 1.09) | ||
| ≤500 birr | 943 (82.9%) | 6 (0.5%) | 189 (16.6%) | 1.00 | ||
| Family HTN | ||||||
| Yes | 99 (75.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 32 (24.4%) | 1.79 (1.15, 2.80) | <0.010 | |
| No | 1533 (84.2%) | 11 (0.6%) | 277 (15.2%) | 1.00 | ||
WHtR–waist-to-height ratio, HTN–hypertension, BMI–body mass index, OR–odds ratio coefficient, HTN—Hypertension. The test is significant at α < 0.05