Differences in the relationship between social capital and hypertension in emerging vs. established economies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted relationship between social capital and hypertension by country

	South Africa		Ghana
	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted
Odds Ratio for Hypertension (self-reported)
High Social Capital	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Low Social Capital	1.36 (1.18, 1.56)	0.89 (0.72, 1.09)	1.45 (1.22, 1.72)	1.13 (0.93, 1.39)
Odds Ratio for Hypertension (≥140/90)
High Social Capital	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Low Social Capital	1.13 (0.99, 1.28)	1.14 (0.96, 1.35)	1.47 (1.30, 1.67)	1.35 (1.18, 1.55)
Beta Coefficient for Systolic Blood Pressure (mean difference in mmHg)	1.93 (0.25, 3.60)	2.32 (0.04, 4.60)	5.36 (3.90, 6.83)	3.25 (1.71, 4.79)
Beta Coefficient for Diastolic Blood Pressure (mean difference in mmHg)	-.23 (-1.36, 0.91)	-.02 (-1.61, 1.56)	2.60 (1.62, 3.59)	2.37 (1.32, 3.41)

Adjusted models include age, gender, income quintile, marital status, education, area of residence, work status, comorbidities (arthritis, stroke, angina, diabetes, chronic lung disease, asthma, depression)
Bold indicates significance at the p<0.05 level
Logistic regression used to report OR of Hypertension and linear regression used to report coefficient of blood pressure.

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