Table 2.
Bivariate associations of patients' characteristics versus hypertension among HIV patients.
| Characteristic | Hypertensive n = 177% (n) | Normotensive n = 762% (n) | χ2 p value |
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| Sex | |||
| Female | 15.9 (103) | 84.1 (543) | 0.001 |
| Male | 25.2 (74) | 74.7 (219) | |
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| Age | |||
| 31–40 | 6.9 (23) | 93.1 (310) | <0.001 |
| 41–50 | 20.4 (74) | 79.6 (288) | |
| 51–60 | 32.6 (58) | 67.4 (120) | |
| >60 | 33.3 (22) | 66.7 (44) | |
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| Marital status | |||
| Divorced/separated | 15.4 (24) | 84.6 (132) | 0.03 |
| Married | 21.1 (102) | 78.9 (383) | |
| Single | 13.1 (25) | 86.9 (166) | |
| Widowed/widower | 24.3 (25) | 75.7 (78) | |
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| BMI categories | |||
| Underweight (BMI ≤18.4) | 4.5 (3) | 95.5 (64) | <0.001 |
| Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9) | 14.2 (63) | 85.8 (379) | |
| Overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 25) | 25.8 (111) | 74.2 (319) | |
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| History of smoking | |||
| Yes | 7.9 (14) | 5.3 (40) | 0.5 |
| No | 92.1 (163) | 94.7 (722) | |
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| History of alcohol consumption | |||
| Yes | 20.9 (34) | 8.8 (61) | <0.001 |
| No | 79.1 (129) | 91.2 (629) | |
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| ART regimen | |||
| NNRTIs and NRTIs | 16.5 (108) | 83.5 (548) | 0.02 |
| NRTIs and PIs | 25.6 (10) | 74.4 (29) | |
| NRTIs and INSTIs | 24.2 (59) | 75.8 (185) | |
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| Duration of ARV therapy | |||
| <2 years | 16.5 (18) | 83.5 (91) | 0.5 |
| ≥2 years | 119.2 (159) | 80.8 (671) | |