Table 2.
Association between socioeconomic status and the prevalence of hypertension among adults in Nanjing
| Characteristics | Overall (N = 60,283) | Male(N = 29,848) | Female (N = 30,435) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| individuals with hypertension (n/%) | OR(95%CI) | Adjusted OR(95%CI)b | individuals with hypertension (n/%) | OR(95%CI) | Adjusted OR(95%CI)c | individuals with hypertension (n/%) | OR(95%CI) | Adjusted OR(95%CI)ǂ | |
| Education, n (%) | |||||||||
| College | 3491 (12.6) | Ref | Ref | 2487 (17.0) | Ref | Ref | 1004 (7.6) | Ref | Ref |
| Junior/Senior | 9486 (35.1) | 3.94 (3.77,4.12) | 1.41 (1.33,1.49) | 5161 (38.4) | 3.15 (2.98,3.33) | 1.28 (1.19,1.38) | 4325 (31.8) | 6.04 (5.60,6.51) | 1.62 (1.48,1.78) |
| Primary | 2709 (49.6) | 7.19 (6.74,7.67) | 1.56 (1.43,1.70) | 931 (52.1) | 5.55 (5.01,6.16) | 1.40 (1.23,1.59) | 1778 (48.4) | 12.17 (11.08,13.36) | 1.75 (1.55,1.97) |
| Occupation, n (%) | |||||||||
| Unemployed and retired people | 8172 (49.5) | Ref | Ref | 3493 (59.8) | Ref | Ref | 4679 (43.8) | Ref | Ref |
| Mental laborers/Students | 3129 (13.5) | 0.14 (0.15,0.16) | 0.70 (0.65,0.75) | 2275 (17.7) | 0.14 (0.13,0.15) | 0.74 (0.67,0.81) | 854 (8.2) | 0.11 (0.10,0.12) | 0.64 (0.58,0.71) |
| Service staff | 1113 (15.5) | 0.19 (0.17,0.20) | 0.76 (0.70,0.83) | 639 (18.3) | 0.15 (0.14,0.17) | 0.73 (0.64,0.83) | 474 (12.8) | 0.18 (0.17,0.21) | 0.83 (0.73,0.94) |
| Manual laborers | 3272 (24.5) | 0.33 (0.31,0.35) | 0.88 (0.83,0.94) | 2172 (28.3) | 0.26 (0.25,0.28) | 0.89 (0.81,0.98) | 1100 (19.4) | 0.31 (0.28,0.33) | 0.88 (0.81,0.97) |
| Annual household income,tertiles range(¥)a | |||||||||
| Higher (≥ 108,000) | 1242 (27.1) | Ref | Ref | 731 (33.0) | Ref | Ref | 511 (21.5) | Ref | Ref |
| Middle (≤ 60,000 < 108,000) | 2139 (39.5) | 1.81 (1.65,1.97) | 1.10 (0.98,1.22) | 1129 (44.1) | 1.65 (1.46,1.87) | 1.02 (0.88,1.19) | 1010 (35.4) | 2.03 (1.79,2.31) | 1.16 (0.99,1.36) |
| Lower (< 60,000) | 1508 (44.9) | 2.23 (2.02,2.46) | 1.35 (1.19,1.52) | 715 (50.0) | 2.05 (1.78,2.36) | 1.41 (1.18,1.68) | 793 (41.1) | 2.58 (2.25,2.97) | 1.29 (1.08,1.53) |
aAnnual household income was collected from 13,355 subjects providing verified information about their family's income(male 6202,female 7153)
bMixed model analysis with adjusted for age, gender, marriage, smoking, alcohol drinking, family history, salt intake, physical activity, BMI and dyslipidemia
cMixed model analysis with adjusted for age, marriage, smoking, alcohol drinking, family history, salt intake, physical activity, BMI and dyslipidemia