Table 5.
Logistic regression analysis for raised blood pressure of study subjects
| Particulars | Estimation of β | SE of β | P | AOR | 95% CI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||||
| Age | 45-64 | 1.12 | 0.258 | 0.000 | 3.06 | 1.75 | 5.35 |
| 25-44* | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education | Illiterate + Just Literate + Literate | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.22 | 1.73 | 0.71 | 4.19 |
| Primary + Middle + High school | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.14 | 1.80 | 0.81 | 4.00 | |
| Intermediate and above * | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Occupation | Labor | 0.81 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 2.24 | 0.95 | 5.33 |
| Agriculture | 0.81 | 0.46 | 0.08 | 2.25 | 0.92 | 5.52 | |
| Not engaged in gainful employment | 0.91 | 0.44 | 0.84 | 1.09 | 0.46 | 2.58 | |
| Business + Service* | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Socioeconomic Class | Social class IV + V | 0.778 | 0.313 | 0.013 | 2.177 | 1.179 | 4.017 |
| Social class II + III* | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BMI (Asian Criteria) | Overweight + Pre-obese + Obese | 0.76 | 0.53 | 0.15 | 2.13 | 0.76 | 5.99 |
| Normal | 0.11 | 0.47 | 0.82 | 1.11 | 0.45 | 2.78 | |
| Underweight | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tobacco consumption | Consumed | 0.55 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 1.73 | 1.02 | 2.93 |
| Not consumed* | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Central obesity as per Waist circumference | Present | 0.84 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 2.32 | 1.17 | 4.60 |
| Normal* | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Central obesity as per Waist Hip ratio | Present | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 1.98 | 1.08 | 3.62 |
| Normal* | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
*Reference. NOTE: The appropriateness of fitted model was 76.2%