Table 5 Logistic regression analysis of vegetarianism and hypertension.

From: Effect of religion on hypertension in adult Buddhists and residents in China: A cross-sectional study

 

OR

95% CI

P value

Multivariate model 1

Multivariate model 2

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Age (year)

1.065

1.057–1.072

0.000

1.083

1.073–1.093

0.000

1.080

1.062–1.098

0.000

Gender (male vs female)

1.426

1.186–1.715

0.000

1.402

1.098–1.790

0.007

1.394

0.873–2.226

0.164

BMI (kg/m2)

1.101

1.075–1.127

0.000

1.100

1.068–1.132

0.000

1.134

1.079–1.192

0.000

Family history of hypertension

2.292

1.615–3.252

0.000

2.670

1.741–4.096

0.000

4.956

2.156–11.391

0.000

Physically active

1.775

0.396–3.252

0.453

0.678

0.065–7.102

0.746

5.445

0.396–74.925

0.205

Smoking

1.182

0.355–3.940

0.785

0.506

0.121–2.117

0.351

1.692

0.334–8.584

0.526

Alcohol consumption

2.366

0.333–16.835

0.390

2.954

0.271–32.237

0.374

6.136

0.524–71.788

0.148

Diabetes mellitus

2.177

1.132–4.187

0.020

0.574

0.191–1.725

0.322

Total cholesterol

1.699

1.456–1.983

0.000

1.274

0.999–1.625

0.051

Vegetarian

0.683

0.561–0.831

0.000

0.691

0.542–0.881

0.003

0.660

0.424–1.026

0.065

  1. Model 1 includes confounding factors such as age, gender, BMI, family history of hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity.
  2. Model 2 includes confounding factors such as age, gender, BMI, family history of hypertension, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, total cholesterol, and diabetes mellitus.