Table 5.

Logistic regression analysis of the association between hypertension and socio-demographic and lifestyle risk factors according the JNC 7 guideline

	Crude OR (95 % IC)	Adjusted OR (95 % IC)
Sex
Females	0.194 (0.117 – 0.322) ***	0.286 (0.165 – 0.498) ***
Males	1	1
Age
18 – 23	0.325 (0.207 – 0.509) **	0.527 (0.320 – 0.870) *
24 – 30	1	1
Smoking habit
No	0.064 (0.038 – 0.109)***	0.120 (0.064 – 0.225)***
Yes	1	1
Alcohol consumption
No	0.290 (0.177 – 0.477)**	0.476 (0.259 – 0.877)*
Yes	1	1
Overweight
No	0.212(0.135 – 0.331)***	0.166 (0.99 – 0.280)
Yes	1	1
Grade of study
1st – 3rd grade	0.665 (0.516 – 0.858)*
4th – 7th grade	1
Overweight
No	0.212(0.135 – 0.331)***	0.166(0.99 – 0.280)
Yes	1	1
Physical activity
Low physical activity	0.685 (0.542 – 0.869)*	0.765 (0.632 – 0.863)
No low physical activity	1	1

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001

binary logistic regression considering the simultaneous effect of all the explanatory variables.