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Table 2 Risk factors of hypertension by multiple logistic regressions according to gender

From: Spatial analysis of gender variation in the prevalence of hypertension among the middle-aged and elderly population in Zhejiang Province, China

Variables

Males

Females

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Age (years of age)

    

 45–59

1.00

_

1.00

_

 60–74

2.67*

1.58–4.54

2.76*

1.78–4.28

 75-

4.86*

2.46–9.58

2.03*

1.06–3.82

BMI (kg/m2)

    

 <18.5

0.69

0.24–1.92

1.44

0.56–3.73

 18.5–23.9

1.00

_

1.00

_

 24.0–27.9

1.68

0.97–2.91

2.96*

1.87–4.80

 ≥28.0

2.00

0.85–4.71

3.45*

1.82–6.53

WHtR

    

 ≤0.5

1.00

_

1.00

_

 >0.5

1.85*

1.03–3.34

1.84

0.89–3.78

  1. BMI Body mass index, WHtR Waist-to-height ratio, CI Confidence Interval, *p-value < 0.05; The datasets supporting this findings can be found in the Additional file 1
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