Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratio for association of covariates with hypertension among non-pregnant reproductive women in India, 2015–16.

Variables		Sig.	Exp(B)	95% C.I.for EXP(B)
				Lower	Upper
Age		0.000	1.07	1.07	1.07
Education		0.000	0.94	0.93	0.95
Place of residence	Urban (Reference)
	Rural	0.000	1.05	1.03	1.07
Religion	Others (Reference)
	Hindu	0.000	0.89	0.87	0.91
Caste	SC/ST (Reference)
	OBC	0.002	0.97	0.95	0.99
	Others	0.000	1.06	1.04	1.08
Wealth index	Poorest (Reference)
	Poorer	0.154	0.98	0.95	1.01
	Middle	0.004	0.96	0.93	0.99
	Richer	0.358	0.99	0.96	1.02
	Richest	0.000	0.92	0.88	0.95
Marital Status	Others (Reference)
	Married	0.014	1.04	1.01	1.06
Body Mass Index	Too thin for their height (Reference)
	Normal	0.000	1.27	1.24	1.30
	Overweight	0.000	2.43	2.36	2.50
	Obese	0.000	3.82	3.68	3.96
Alcohol consumption	No (Reference)
	Yes	0.000	1.39	1.33	1.45
Anaemia level	Severe/Moderate (Reference)
	Mild	0.000	1.05	1.02	1.08
	Not anaemic	0.000	1.32	1.29	1.36
Smoking	No (Reference)
	Yes	0.245	0.96	0.90	1.03
Chewing tobacco	No (Reference)
	Yes	0.000	0.91	0.88	0.93
Hysterectomy	No (Reference)
	Yes	0.010	1.72	1.14	2.58
Regions	North (Reference)
	Central	0.000	0.88	0.86	0.90
	East	0.000	0.93	0.90	0.96
	Northeast	0.000	1.36	1.32	1.40
	West	0.000	0.94	0.91	0.97
	South	0.000	0.87	0.84	0.89
Children ever born	0 (Reference)
	1	0.009	0.95	0.92	0.99
	2	0.000	0.91	0.88	0.94
	3 and above	0.000	0.87	0.84	0.90
Years since hysterectomy performed	<1 (Reference)
	1–2	0.654	1.04	0.87	1.24
	3–4	0.781	1.03	0.86	1.22
	5 and above	0.951	0.99	0.85	1.17