Factors associated with hypertension prevalence, unawareness and treatment among Costa Rican elderly

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Table 4 Multiple logistic regression showing factors associated with unawareness and treatment of hypertension among Costa Rican elderly hypertensives, by sex.

Variable	Males		Females
	OR	95% CI of OR	OR	95% CI of OR
Unawareness among hypertensives (1)
Obesity vs. normal weight	0.92	0.53 – 1.58	0.40 *	0.22 – 0.73
Currently smokes vs. never smoked	2.86 *	1.44 – 5.67	0.79	0.23 – 2.65
Family history of hypertension	0.30 *	0.19 – 0.47	0.44 *	0.29 – 0.68
Home visits by community health workers	0.92	0.58 – 1.48	0.49 *	0.31 – 0.79
Diabetes	0.86	0.47 – 1.56	0.40 *	0.23 – 0.69
Heart disease	0.77	0.45 – 1.34	0.48 *	0.25 – 0.90
Stroke	0.63	0.26 – 1.50	0.32 *	0.14 – 0.75
Good health status vs. excellent	0.35 *	0.16 – 0.78	0.76	0.33 – 1.74
Poor health status vs. excellent	0.25 *	0.08 – 0.79	0.45	0.16 – 1.32
Treatment among hypertensives (2)
Being 70–79 vs. 60–69 yrs old	2.15 *	1.26 – 3.67	1.25	0.81 – 1.94
Being 80+ vs. 60–64 yrs old	3.61 *	1.77 – 7.37	1.24	0.75 – 2.02
Completed elementary education	2.05 *	1.17 – 3.58	1.73 *	1.11 – 2.68
Live in greater metropolitan area of San Jose	1.80 *	1.08 – 2.98	1.42	0.96 – 2.12
Underweight vs. normal weight	0.11 *	0.02 – 0.54	1.37	0.49 – 3.86
Obesity vs. normal weight	1.55	0.76 – 3.15	1.99 *	1.20 – 3.30
Family history of hypertension	2.98 *	1.79 – 4.95	1.61 *	1.11 – 2.34
Home visits by community health workers	0.91	0.56 – 1.47	1.75 *	1.19 – 2.57
Diabetes	2.33 *	1.19 – 4.58	2.21 *	1.43 – 3.43
Heart disease	4.12 *	2.08 – 8.16	1.82 *	1.06 – 3.14

* Significant at 0.05 level.
The following variables were also included in the model, but were not significant at 0.05 level and are not shown:
(1) 10-yr age groups from 60–69 up to 80+, education, having health insurance, income level, living in the greater metropolitan area, co-residing with a partner, alcohol consumption, physical activity, calorie consumption, carbohydrate consumption, and fat consumption.
(2) Being employed, having health insurance, income level, co-residing with a partner, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, physical activity, calorie consumption, carbohydrate consumption, fat consumption, and self-reported health status.

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