Table 3 Multiple linear regression of factors associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure by sex

BMI

***1.382

0.368

0.000

***0.793

0.195

0.000

0.308

0.230

0.184

0.245

0.154

0.113

No PA (REF)

0

0

0

0

Moderate PA

−2.157

3.396

0.527

−2.734

2.291

0.235

−3.215

2.117

0.133

−1.858

1.808

0.307

High PA

−3.787

4.939

0.446

9.933

10.036

0.325

−4.702

3.079

0.131

6.920

7.923

0.384

Age

0.108

0.625

0.863

0.342

0.443

0.441

0.606

0.389

0.124

0.409

0.350

0.245

Never smoker (REF)

0

0

0

0

Smoker

−3.308

4.237

0.437

4.173

3.101

0.181

0.607

2.642

0.819

−0.445

2.448

0.856

Never drinker (REF)

0

0

0

Former drinker

−2.315

3.582

0.520

1.665

2.658

0.532

1.591

2.233

0.478

2.621

2.098

0.214

Current drinker

0.487

3.967

0.903

1.366

2.317

0.557

0.490

2.473

0.844

0.875

1.829

0.633

Unemployed (REF)

0

0

0

0

Employed

−3.749

3.516

0.290

−0.558

2.202

0.800

0.399

2.192

0.856

−1.243

1.738

0.476

No education (REF)

0

0

0

0

Primary Educ.

−3.185

14.088

0.822

3.245

4.120

0.433

0.680

8.783

0.938

−1.756

3.252

0.590

Middle/JHS

1.837

13.763

0.894

3.664

4.077

0.371

4.723

8.580

0.584

0.276

3.218

0.932

Secondary +

3.385

13.802

0.807

7.165

4.353

0.103

6.863

8.604

0.428

2.051

3.436

0.552

Ussher Town (REF)

0

0

0

0

Agbogbloshie

−2.079

4.495

0.645

2.749

2.539

0.282

3.457

2.802

0.221

**5.987

2.005

0.004

James Town

1.278

3.793

0.737

**5.120

2.441

0.039

0.893

2.365

0.707

**3.834

1.927

0.049

Adjusted R ²

0.130

0.162

0.027

0.103