TABLE 2.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for hypertension in participants with high versus low C-reactive protein levels, stratified by site and sex

	N	Model 1 OR (95% CI)	Model 2 OR (95% CI)	Model 3 OR (95% CI)
Men
Europe	1315	1.68 (1.16–2.43)∗∗	1.72 (1.16–2.55)∗	1.44 (0.95–2.18)
Urban Ghana	416	0.98 (0.54–1.77)	0.92 (0.50–1.71)	0.74 (0.37–1.45)
Rural Ghana	428	0.84 (0.46–1.51)	0.85 (0.46–1.57)	0.79 (0.40–1.58)
Women
Europe	1828	1.63 (1.28–2.07)∗∗∗	1.63 (1.27–2.10)∗∗∗	1.34 (1.01–1.76)∗
Urban Ghana	1030	1.50 (1.10–2.03)∗∗	1.49 (1.09–2.03)∗	1.09 (0.78–1.54)
Rural Ghana	666	0.81 (0.54–1.21)	0.85 (0.56–1.30)	0.72 (0.45–1.15)

N = participants per site included in model 1. Reference category: CRP level less than 3 mg/l. Model 1: adjusted for age. Model 2: adjusted for age and educational attainment. Model 3: adjusted for age, educational attainment, BMI, smoking, alcohol intake, diabetes, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

^∗P less than 0.05.

^∗∗P less than 0.01.

^∗∗∗P less than 0.001.