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. 2020 Apr 29;5:100028. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchy.2020.100028

Table 4.

Unadjusted, age-adjusted and multivariate-adjusted ORs (95% CIs) of hypertension according to height quartiles by sex, Bangladesh demographic health survey, 2011.

Height quartile
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Male
 No of cases 968 966 929 908
 Model 1 1.00 (Ref) 0.88 (0.70, 1.11) 0.97 (0.78, 1.22) 0.97 (0.77, 1.22)
 Model 2 1.00 (Ref) 0.96 (0.76, 1.22) 1.09 (0.87, 1.38) 1.16 (0.91, 1.47)
 Model 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.92 (0.73, 1.17) 0.96 (0.75, 1.22) 1.00 (0.78, 1.28)
 Model 4 1.00 (Ref) 0.90 (0.70, 1.15) 0.84 (0.65, 1.09) 0.88 (0.67, 1.14)
Female
 No of cases 992 949 983 952
 Model 1 1.00 (Ref) 0.73 (0.61, 0.89) 0.72 (0.60, 0.87) 0.75 (0.62, 0.90)
 Model 2 1.00 (Ref) 0.86 (0.71, 1.05) 0.92 (0.76, 1.12) 0.98 (0.81, 1.20)
 Model 3 1.00 (Ref) 0.85 (0.69, 1.04) 0.90 (0.73, 1.10) 0.90 (0.73, 1.11)
 Model 4 1.00 (Ref) 0.91 (0.73, 1.13) 0.92 (0.74, 1.15) 0.93 (0.75, 1.17)

Model 1: Unadjusted.

Model 2: Adjusted for age.

Model 3: Adjusted for age and BMI.

Model 4: Adjusted for age, BMI, Living region, Type of occupation, Wealth index and Highest level of education.

Abbreviation: Q, Quartile.