Table 4 Logistic regression model to predict prehypertension from sociodemographic and other variables adjusting for age in the Al Kharj Study (n = 1019)
Variable | B | S.E. of B | Sig. | Exp (B)/ Odds ratio | 95% C.I. for Odds ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||
Age in years | −.015 | .013 | .273 | .986 | .960 | 1.012 |
Gender | ||||||
Female | −.742 | .205 | .000 | .476 | .319 | .712 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | −.342 | .190 | .072 | .710 | .489 | 1.031 |
Education level | .144 | |||||
Primary | .533 | .604 | .377 | 1.704 | .522 | 5.568 |
Secondary | .485 | .413 | .240 | 1.624 | .723 | 3.648 |
Intermediate | −.006 | .551 | .992 | .994 | .338 | 2.926 |
University or postgraduate | −.062 | .383 | .870 | .939 | .444 | 1.988 |
BMI | .000 | |||||
Overweight/BMI = 25 kg/m2 | 1.216 | .256 | .000 | 3.374 | 2.045 | 5.568 |
Class I obese/BMI = 30–34.9 kg/m2 | .940 | .260 | .000 | 2.560 | 1.537 | 4.264 |
Class II/III obese/BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 | .593 | .279 | .033 | 1.810 | 1.048 | 3.126 |
Cholesterol | −.078 | .083 | .348 | .925 | .785 | 1.089 |
Diabetes | −.307 | .359 | .393 | .736 | .364 | 1.488 |
Smoking Status | .922 | |||||
Never Smoked/Ex-Smoker | −.048 | .254 | .850 | .953 | .579 | 1.569 |
Current Smoker | .108 | .443 | .807 | 1.114 | .467 | 2.657 |
Constant | .445 | .890 | .617 | 1.561 | ||