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Table 3 Odd ratios for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus

From: Non-communicable diseases among low income adults in rural coastal communities in Eastern Sabah, Malaysia

 

Hypertension (yes vs. no), Nagelkerke R2 = 0.351), overall predictive accuracy = 75.5%

Hypercholesterolemia (yes vs. no), Nagelkerke R2 = 0.253), overall predictive accuracy = 68.2%

Diabetes mellitusa (yes vs. no), Nagelkerke R2 = 0.270, overall predictive accuracy = 93.0%

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value

OR

(95% CI)

P value

Education level with undergraduate degree as the reference

 No formal education

40.1

(2.77–581.52)

0.007

2.66

(0.33–21.62)

0.361

   

 Primary

15.4

(1.09–217.12)

0.043

0.74

(0.10–5.64)

0.769

   

 Lower secondary

14.5

(1.06–197.14)

0.045

0.74

(0.10–5.40)

0.758

   

 Upper secondary

14.1

(1.02–196.13)

0.048

0.44

(0.06–3.30)

0.427

   

 High school certificate /diploma

13.7

(0.57–326.01)

0.106

0.24

(0.02–3.00)

0.262

   

Household income with above PLI as the reference

 Hardcore poor

0.48

(0.18–1.27)

0.139

0.34

(0.14–0.85)

0.020

0.56

(0.09–3.36)

0.525

 Poor

0.53

(0.17–1.60)

0.256

0.48

(0.17–1.34)

0.161

0.65

(0.08–5.20)

0.688

Occupation with public / private employee as the reference

 Unemployed

0.27

(0.05–1.47)

0.129

2.04

(0.42–9.79)

0.375

3.83

(0.15–99.29)

0.418

 Home maker

0.29

(0.05–1.79)

0.182

2.23

(0.44–11.45)

0.336

3.43

(0.12–101.34)

0.476

 Self employed

0.28

(0.06–1.31)

0.106

2.64

(0.62–11.22)

0.187

1.98

(0.12–33.22)

0.634

Age with ≥60y as the reference

 19 – 29y

0.37

(0.10–1.40)

0.143

1.70

(0.52–5.57)

0.384

0

0

0.997

 30 – 59y

0.34

(0.14–0.79)

0.012

1.59

(0.71–3.58)

0.260

0.21

(0.06–0.75)

0.016

Gender with females as the reference

 Males

1.96

(0.62–6.15)

0.252

2.44

(0.92–6.48)

0.074

2.16

(0.26–17.67)

0.473

 Waist circumference (cm)

1.09

(1.04–1.14)

< 0.001

1.04

(1.00–1.08)

0.085

1.07

(1.00–1.15)

0.044

 BMI (kg/m2)

1.20

(0.77–1.86)

0.543

0.86

(0.58–1.29)

0.472

1.09

(0.41–2.90)

0.867

  1. a OR for education level for diabetes was not reported as there were no respondents who were diabetic with foundation / high school / diploma and undergraduate degree levels