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Table 4 Control of blood pressure among all individuals with hypertension

From: Hypertension and diabetes in Zanzibar – prevalence and access to care

 

Control among all HTN

OR

95% CI

p-value

Sex

 Male

1.0

  

 Female

4.8

(2.33–9.88)

< 0.001

Age

 20–34 years

1.0

  

 35–49

0.6

(0.30–1.12)

0.106

 50–65 years

0.6

(0.28–1.29)

0.187

Residence

 Rural

1.0

  

 Urban

0.6

(0.28–1.07)

0.077

Education

 No formal education

1.0

  

 Some primary/secondary school

1.1

(0.50–3.88)

0.391

 Secondary school or above complete

1.5

(0.59–3.88)

0.391

Employment

 No formal or self employment

1.0

  

 Self employed

1.9

(0.92–3.87)

0.081

 Formally employed

3.0

(1.26–7.17)

0.013

Tobacco use

 Never smoked

1.0

  

 Former smoker

0.6

(0.19–1.89)

0.388

 Current smoker

0.4

(0.09–1.93)

0.264

BMI

 Normal or underweight

1.0

  

 Overweight

2.5

(1.29–4.76)

0.007

 Obese

1.9

(0.86–4.11)

0.115

Previously diagnosed with diabetes

0.6

(0.21–1.65)

0.312

Sedentary for at least 3 h/day

0.8

(0.47–1.45)

0.497

Mental illness present

2.0

(0.81–4.70)

0.135

  1. Estimated Odds Ratios for relationship between individual level variable, and achieving adequate BP control, among all people with hypertension (n = 813). Each variable adjusted for all other variables