Table 3.

Binary regression analysis to explore factors associated with hypertension in different BMI categories among men from the fourth round of National Family Health Survey-India (2015-16)

Background characteristics	Underweight		Normal		Overweight		Obese
	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI
Age (in years)
20-29®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
30-39	2.2***	[1.9-2.6]	1.8***	[1.7-2.0]	1.6***	[1.5-1.8]	1.6***	[1.5-1.8]
40-49	3.5***	[2.9-4.1]	3.0***	[2.8-3.2]	2.8***	[2.5-3.1]	2.6***	[2.3-2.8]
50-54	4.4***	[3.6-5.4]	4.1***	[3.7-4.6]	3.4***	[2.9-3.9]	3.1***	[2.8-3.5]
Level of education
No education®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
Primary	0.9	[0.7-,1.0]	1.1	[1.0-1.2]	1.00	[0.8-1.2]	1.1	[1.0-1.3]
Secondary	1.0	[0.9-1.2]	1.1	[1.0-1.1]	1.10	[1.0-1.3]	1.1	[1.0-1.2]
Higher Secondary & above	1.0	[0.8-1.3]	1.1	[1.0-1.2]	1.2*	[1.0-1.4]	1.1	[1.0-1.3]
Wealth status
Poor®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
Middle	1.1	[1.0-1.3]	1.1**	[1.0-1.2]	1.00	[0.9-1.2]	1.2***	[1.1-1.4]
Rich	1.1	[1.0-1.4]	1.3***	[1.2-1.4]	1.1*	[1.0-1.3]	1.3***	[1.2-1.4]
Type of residence
Urban®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
Rural	0.9	[0.8-1.0]	0.9	[0.9-1.0]	1.00	[0.9-1.1]	1.0	[1.0-1.1]
Used any tobacco
No®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
Yes	0.9	[0.8-1.0]	1.0	[0.9-1.0]	1.00	[0.9-1.1]	1.0	[0.9-1.0]
Drinking alcohol
No®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
Yes	1.7***	[1.5-1.9]	1.3***	[1.3-1.4]	1.4***	[1.3-1.5]	1.2***	[1.2-1.3]
Diabetes
No®	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]	1.00	[1.0-1.0]	1.0	[1.0-1.0]
Yes	1.1	[0.6-1.7]	1.6***	[1.3-1.9]	1.10	[0.9-1.4]	1.5***	[1.3-1.8]

P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001; OR - Odds ratio; CI - 95% Confidence interval; ® - reference category