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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Chronic Pain Manag. 2020 Jun 1;4:125. doi: 10.29011/2576-957x.100025

Table 3:

Unadjusted Odds Ratios (UOR), Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) of The Use of Anti-hypertensive Medication and Pain Categories from Logistic Regression on Cognitive Impairment Among adults, Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2015.

Model 1: Unadjusted Model
UOR 95% CI Significance
Anti-Hypertensive Medication Categories
Beta-blockers 1.67 [1.39,2.01] <0.001***
Other Anti-hypertensive (s) 1.17 [0.97,1.41] 0.0920
No Anti-hypertensive (s)
Model 2: Adjusted for Pain
AOR 95% CI Significance
Anti-Hypertensive Medication Categories
Beta-blockers 1.22 [1.00, 1.49] 0.0544
Other Anti-hypertensive (s) 0.94 [0.77, 1.15] 0.5674
No Anti-hypertensive (s)
Pain Categories
None
Little 1.78 [1.41, 2.25] <0.001***
Moderate 4.38 [3.42, 5.60] <0.001***
Severe 8.57 [6.76, 10.86] <0.001***
Extreme 13.19 [9.71, 17.92] <0.001***
Model 3: Fully Adjusted Model
Anti-Hypertensive Medication Categories
Beta-blockers 1.05 [0.84, 1.31] 0.6901
Other Anti-hypertensive (s) 0.84 [0.67, 1.05] 0.1335
No Anti-hypertensive (s)
Pain Interference with Normal Activities
None
Little 1.28 [1.01, 1.63] 0.0409*
Moderate 2.51 [1.89, 3.34] <0.001***
Severe 3.68 [2.85, 4.74] <0.001***
Extreme 5.41 [3.90, 7.50] <0.001***

Note: Based on 8,279 adults age 21 years or older, who participated in the survey in 2015, observed during the entire calendar year and reported having hypertension or cardiovascular diseases.

†:

Reference Group.

Fully adjusted model controlled for pain, sex, age, race, education, poverty status, marital status, body mass index, physical activity, smoking status, health insurance, prescription coverage, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cancer, diabetes mellitus, mental health conditions (depression and anxiety), hypercholesterolemia, arthritis, region of residence. Pain included a missing category as well (not presented).

***

p< .001

**

.001 ≤ p < .01

*

.01 ≤ p <.05