Table 3.
Predictors of nonadherence to antihypertensive treatment.
| Step wise Logistic regression | ||||||
| B | S.E | Sig. (p value) | OR | Lower | Upper | |
| Sex (1) | 1.19 | 0.42 | 0.004 | 3.31 | 1.30 | 7.55 |
| Age (yr) at the time of test | –0.028 | 0.155 | 0.063 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 1.00 |
| No. of prescribed AHT medications | 1.07 | 0.20 | <0.001 | 2.9 | 1.96 | 4.30 |
| No. of other (non AHT) prescribed medications | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 1.08 | 0.97 | 1.21 |
| Constant | –3.94 | 1.030 | <0.001 | 0.02 | ||
Sex (code, 0=male, 1=female).
B = unstandardized regression co-efficient, CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, S.E. = standard error.