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Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratio for risk factors for hypertension among adults in San Juan de Miraflores region of Lima, Peru, 2006.

From: Hypertension among adults in a deprived urban area of Peru – Undiagnosed and uncontrolled?

 

Crude

Adjusted1 (n = 505)

 

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

p value

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

p value

Sex

    

   Female

1

 

1

 

   Male

1.9 (1.0, 3.5)

0.038

1.7 (0.8, 3.3)

0.135

Age group

    

   >30 years

1

 

1

 

   30–49 years

4.5 (1.6, 12.7)

0.005

4.5 (1.3, 15.4)

0.018

   50+ years

19.1 (6.1, 60.2)

<0.001

18.9 (4.9, 73.1)

<0.001

BMI

    

   Not overweight

1

 

1

 

   Overweight

2.5 (1.2, 5.2)

0.018

1.9 (0.8, 4.7)

0.138

   Obese

2.3 (0.9, 5.7)

0.085

2.2 (0.8, 6.1)

0.133

Household bedroom ratio (quartiles)

    

   1 (lowest)

1

 

1

 

   2

0.7 (0.3, 1.7)

0.439

1.1 (0.4, 2.6)

0.880

   3

0.5 (0.2, 1.2)

0.102

0.7 (0.2, 1.7)

0.395

   4 (highest)

0.4 (0.2, 1.0)

0.049

0.6 (0.2, 1.4)

0.222

Number of years of education

    

   0

11.0 (1.2, 98.4)

0.032

1.1 (0.1, 21.7)

0.936

   1 to 6

2.6 (0.6, 12.4)

0.234

1.8 (0.3, 9.4)

0.499

   7 to 11

2.5 (0.5, 11.0)

0.238

2.3 (0.5, 11.3)

0.311

   12 to 21

1

 

1

 
  1. 1 adjusted for all other variables listed in the table; CI confidence interval. Adjusted for clustering.