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Table 3 Associated factors with being warrened of its hypertension status, among hypertensive adults in Burkina Faso (n = 744)

From: A comparison of unhealthy lifestyle practices among adults with hypertension aware and unaware of their hypertensive status: results from the 2013 WHO STEPS survey in Burkina Faso

Variables

Univariable analysis

Multivariable analysis

 

cOR

95% CI

p-value

aOR

95% CI

p-value

Residency: Urban vs rural (Ref)

2.9

1.9–4.3

0.0001

1.4

0.8–2.3

0.24

Gender: Women vs men (Ref)

1.4

> 0.9–2.1

0.07

1.4

0.9–2.2

0.15

Age range

-  25–34

1

  

1

  

-  35–44

1.4

0.7–2.8

0.37

1.4

0.7–3.0

0.37

-  45–54

2.8

1.5–5.4

0.001

3.8

1.9–7.6

0.0001

-  55–64

4.5

2.4–8.4

0.0001

7.2

3.6–14.2

0.0001

Marital status: Married/cohabitating vs singles (Ref)

0.9

0.5–1.5

0.73

1.3

0.7–2.3

0.44

Occupation: Employees with formal salary vs others (Ref)

2.3

1.3–4.2

0.006

0.7

0.3–1.7

0.46

Educational level

-  No formal education

1

  

1

  

-  Primary school

2.0

1.2–3.4

0.01

2.4

1.3–4.4

0.004

-  Secondary or more

4.9

2.9–8.2

0.0001

5.6

3.1–10.1

0.0001

Physical activity: Inactive vs active (Ref)

1.8

1.1–3.1

0.04

0.9

0.5–1.9

0.99

Teeth cleaning at least twice a day: Yes, vs no (ref)

1.4

0.9–2.1

0.12

0.9

0.6–1.5

0.81

BMI categories

-  Normal

1

  

1

  

-  Underweight

0.9

0.4–2.1

0.82

0.7

0.3–1.8

0.51

-  Overweight/obesity

3.4

2.2–5.1

0.0001

3.2

2.0–5.1

0.0001

Recent or current use of alcohol or tobacco

-  Did not use alcohol or tobacco

1

  

1

  

-  Used alcohol and/or tobacco

0.8

0.5–1.1

0.19

0.6

0.4–0.9

0.028

Adequate FV consumption: Yes vs no (Ref)

2.2

> 0.9–4.9

0.052

2.8

1.2–6.7

0.023

  1. The goodness-of-fit test of this logistic regression reported the chi2 of Hosmer-Lemeshow at 8 degrees of freedom of 4.028, with the p-value of 0.86