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Table 7 Treatment for hypertension and diabetes

From: Urbanization, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk in a population in transition in Nakuru, Kenya: a population-based survey

 

Hypertension

Diabetes

 

Drug treatment *

No treatment

% untreated

Multivariate adjusted OR (95% CI)***

Treatment**

No treatment

% untreated

Multivariate adjusted OR (95% CI) ***

Number

323

1868

  

196

91

  

Rural

191

621

76%

Baseline

86

59

41%

Baseline

Urban

132

1247

90%

1.6 (1.2-2.1)

110

32

23%

2.0 (1.1-3.8)

Language

        

Kikuyu

232

1213

84%

Baseline

152

69

31%

Baseline

Kalenjin

20

400

95%

0.5 (0.3-0.8)

15

10

40%

0.9 (0.3-2.1)

Other

72

255

78%

1.3 (0.9-1.8)

29

12

29%

0.9 (0.4-2.0)

Age

        

50-59

128

726

85%

Baseline

67

40

37%

Baseline

60-69

107

561

84%

1.7 (1.2-2.3)

74

29

28%

1.9 (1.0-3.5)

70-79

57

357

86%

2.0 (1.4-3.0)

34

12

26%

3.3 (1.4-7.9)

≥80

31

224

88%

2.0 (1.2-3.3)

21

10

32%

2.6 (0.9-7.3)

Male

93

923

91%

Baseline

92

47

34%

Baseline

Female

230

945

80%

3.4 (2.5-4.5)

104

44

30%

1.8 (1.0-3.1)

SES score

        

1 (poorest)

23

456

95%

Baseline

14

11

44%

Baseline

2

39

456

92%

1.4 (0.8-2.3)

19

22

54%

0.7 (0.3-2.1)

3

87

493

85%

2.7 (1.7-4.4)

60

24

29%

2.3 (0.9-5.9)

4 (richest)

169

456

73%

4.7 (2.9-7.7)

102

33

24%

2.2 (0.8-5.8)

Schooling

        

Any

249

1217

83%

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

41

24

37%

1.2 (0.8-1.8)

None

74

651

90%

Baseline

155

67

30%

Baseline

  1. *Treatment for hypertension included drug treatment only
  2. **Treatment for diabetes included insulin, tablets or diet control
  3. *** Adjusted for age, sex, urban/rural, ethnic group, SES score, schooling.