Prevalence and factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among the hill tribe elderly populations in northern Thailand

Apidechkul, Tawatchai

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5607-2

Table 10 Factors associated with HT in univariate and multivariate analyses

From: Prevalence and factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among the hill tribe elderly populations in northern Thailand

Factors	HT				OR	95%CI	p-value	OR_Adj	95%CI	p-value
	Yes		No
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	164	41.7	229	58.3	1.00			1.00
Female	197	49.3	203	50.7	1.35	1.02-1.79	0.034*	1.29	1.01-1.68	0.031*
Tribe
Akha	61	46.9	69	53.1	1.00
Lahu	61	45.9	72	54.1	0.95	0.59-1.55	0.863
Hmong	42	30.0	98	70.0	0.48	0.29-0.79	0.004*
Yao	74	56.9	56	43.1	1.49	0.91-2.43	0.107
Karen	52	40.0	78	60.0	0.75	0.46-1.23	0.261
Lisu	71	54.6	59	45.4	1.36	0.83-2.21	0.215
Age (years)
60-69	173	42.2	237	57.8	1.00
70-79	134	48.0	145	52.0	1.26	0.93-1.71	0.131
≥80	54	51.9	50	48.1	1.48	0.96-2.27	0.075
Smoking
No	233	47.9	253	52.1	1.00
Ever in the past	65	43.0	86	57.0	0.82	0.56-1.18	0.293
Yes	63	40.4	93	59.6	0.73	0.51-1.06	0.100
Alcohol use
No	249	46.3	289	53.7	1.00
Ever in the past	64	46.0	75	54.0	0.99	0.68-1.44	0.960
Yes	48	41.4	68	58.6	0.81	0.54-1.23	0.337
Salty food
No	138	48.9	144	51.1	1.00			1.00
Yes	307	60.1	204	39.9	1.57	1.17-2.01	0.002*	1.48	1.14-2.00	0.001*
Greasy food
No	136	45.8	161	54.2	1.00
Yes	241	48.6	255	51.4	1.11	0.83-1.49	0.582
Sweet food
No	202	51.7	189	48.3	1.00
Yes	197	49.0	205	51.0	0.89	0.68-1.18	0.454
Regular Exercise
Yes	36	45.0	44	55.0	1.00
Highly active physical work	113	40.5	166	59.5	0.83	0.50-1.37	0.472
No	212	48.8	222	51.2	1.16	0.72-1.88	0.527
BMI
Normal	112	35.0	208	65.0	1.00			1.00
Underweight	42	36.2	74	63.8	1.05	0.67-1.64	0.816	2.56	0.70 – 1.70	0.696
Overweight	207	58.0	150	42.0	2.56	1.87- 3.49	< 0.001*	1.37	1.01 – 1.90	< 0.001*
Parental history of HT
No	155	41.3	220	58.7	1.00			1.00
Yes	302	72.2	116	27.8	3.69	2.74-4.97	< 0.001*	3.38	2.81-4.48	< 0.001*
Diabetes mellitus
No	282	43.7	363	56.3	1.00
Yes	70	53.8	60	46.2	1.50	1.02- 2.19	0.035*
Headache
No	249	43.2	328	56.8	1.00
Yes	112	51.9	104	48.1	1.41	1.03-1.94	0.029*
Dizziness
No	238	42.8	318	57.2	1.00
Yes	123	51.9	114	48.1	1.44	1.06-1.95	0.019*
Cholesterol
Normal	238	44.9	292	55.1	1.00
High	115	47.1	129	52.9	1.09	0.80-1.48	0.564
Triglyceride
Normal	262	43.1	346	56.9	1.00
High	91	54.8	75	45.2	1.60	1.13- 2.26	0.007*

*Significance level at α=0.05

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