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Table 3 Odd Ratios for socio-demographic factors associated with prevalence of hypertension among women aged 15–49 years who had at least one live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey in Lesotho, 2014

From: The prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of hypertension among women (15–49 years) in Lesotho: a descriptive analysis

Socio-demographic characteristics

Odds, 95% C.I

P value

Age

15–19

RC

 

20–24

1.89 (1.22,2.91)

0.004*

25–29

2.06 (1.34, 3.17)

0.001*

30–34

3.23 (2.11,4.93)

 < 0.000*

35–39

4.47 (2.92, 6.85)

 < 0.000*

40–44

5.69 (3.71, 8.75)

 < 0.000*

45–49

9.78 (6.38, 15.00)

 < 0.000*

Level of education

No education

RC

 

Primary

0.73 (0.39, 1.47)

0.376

Secondary

0.68 (0.33, 1.37)

0.276

Higher

0.81 (0.39, 1.70)

0.582

Place of residence

Urban

RC

 

Rural

0.92 (0.78, 1.09)

0.316

Marital Status

Single

RC

 

Married

1.71 (1.39, 2.16)

 < 0.000*

Living with partner

3.55 (1.76, 7.16)

 < 0.000*

Widowed

2.61 (1.90, 3.60)

 < 0.000*

Divorced

1.60 (0.86, 3.00)

0.140

Separated

1.54 (0.99, 2.41)

0.057

Region/district

Botha-bothe

RC

 

Leribe

1.39 (0.95, 2.02)

0.088

Berea

1.23 (0.84, 1.82)

0.289

Maseru

2.12 (1.49, 3.03)

 < 0.000*

Mafeteng

2.05 (1.40, 2.99)

 < 0.000*

Mohale's hoek

1.26 (0.84, 1.88)

0.262

Quthing

0.98 (0.63, 1.52)

0.924

Qacha's-nek

1.33 (0.87, 2.01)

0.185

Mokhotlong

0.91 (0.58, 1.41)

0.663

Thaba tseka

0.79 (0.51, 1.25)

0.320

Religion

Roman catholic church

RC

 

Lesotho evangelical church

1.06 (0.85, 1.33)

0.598

Methodist

1.02 (0.51, 2.02)

0.966

Anglican church

1.16 (0.85, 1.58)

0.353

Seventh day Adventist

1.19 (0.49, 2.91)

0.697

Pentecostal

0.73 (0.57, 0.91)

0.005*

Other Christian

1.04 (0.77, 1.39)

0.818

Islam

1.15 (0.25, 5.35)

0.858

Hindu

-

-

No religion

0.42 (0.15, 1.18)

0.100

Other

0.74 (0.33, 1.65)

0.461

Occupation

Professional/technical/managerial

RC

 

Clerical

1.14 (0.66, 1.99)

0.640

Sales

0.97 (0.64, 1.45)

0.867

Agricultural—self-employed

0.88 (0.55, 1.42)

0.612

Agricultural—employee

0.66 (0.19, 2.29)

0.508

Household and domestic

0.68 (0.43, 1.07)

0.093

Services

1.15 (0.75, 1.77)

0.524

Skilled manual

1.05 (0.66, 1.66)

0.840

Unskilled manual

0.77 (0.49, 1.21)

0.253

Don't know

0.91 (0.52, 1.58)

0.728

  1. *Significant p-values: p < 0.005; 95% Confidence intervals (CI); OR odds ratio, RC Reference Category