Table 6.

Multinomial logistic regression for high blood pressure and neighborhoods.

High Blood Pressure
Multinomial Logistic Regression
Model 3
Variables		β	p	Odds Ratio (OR)	95% CI for Coefficient
					Lower	Upper
Gender	Females	−1.615	0.000	0.199	0.141	0.280
	Males	Reference Category
Age Cohort	19–28 years	−0.820	0.001	0.440	0.275	0.705
	29–38 years	−0.382	0.071	0.683	0.451	1.033
	39–44 years	0.118	0.589	0.889	0.580	1.363
	45–53 years	Reference Category
Body Mass Index Category	Healthy 18.5–24.99	−2.324	0.000	0.098	0.064	0.151
	Overweight 25–29.99	−1.275	0.000	0.279	0.192	0.406
	Obese30–49.99	Reference Category
Family History of Hypertension	No	−0.305	0.057	0.737	0.539	1.008
	Yes	Reference Category
Medications for Hypertension	No	−1.463	0.000	00.231	0.122	0.439
	Yes	Reference Category
Smoking Score	Never	0.166	0.614	1.181	0.619	2.251
	Non-Daily	0.060	0.896	0.942	0.384	2.312
	Past-Daily	0.000	1.000	1.000	0.416	2.405
	Current-Daily	Reference Category
Alcohol over three times/week	No	0.048	0.864	1.050	0.602	1.830
	Yes	Reference Category
Excessive Stress in last six months	No	−0.072	0.657	0.930	0.677	1.279
	Yes	Reference Category
Exercise duration	No	0.174	0.328	1.190	0.840	1.685
	<150 min/week	0.059	0.800	1.061	0.671	1.677
	>150 min/week	Reference Category
Eat Non-Homemade Meals	None	−0.596	0.169	0.551	0.236	1.287
	1 Meal	−1.167	0.007	0.311	0.133	0.731
	2 Meals	−0.756	0.088	0.470	0.197	1.120
	3 Meals	0.428	0.387	0.652	0.248	1.717
	4 Meals	Reference Category
Neighborhood	BAUG	0.489	0.072	1.631	0.957	2.780
	PARAP	0.561	0.038	1.753	1.033	2.976
	COSMO	0.597	0.039	1.817	1.031	3.201
	MJDPC	Reference Category

Significant p values (p < 0.05) suggested, gender, age, BMI and neighborhoods affected high blood pressure in this cohort.