Table 3 Factors associated with awareness of hypertension among hypertensive patients.
Category | Subcategory | Awareness | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95.0% CI | P | ||
Age group | Young | 1 | ||
Middle-aged | 2.07 | 1.76–2.44 | <0.001 | |
Sex | Female | 1 | ||
Male | 0.66 | 0.54–0.80 | <0.001 | |
Region | Rural | 1 | ||
Urban | 0.73 | 0.63–0.84 | <0.001 | |
Marital status | Married | 1 | ||
Single | 0.40 | 0.25–0.62 | <0.001 | |
Divorced or separated | 1.23 | 0.79–2.04 | 0.333 | |
Widowed | 1.33 | 0.88–2.21 | 0.184 | |
Occupation | Manual workers | 1 | ||
Mental workers | 1.25 | 1.04–1.50 | 0.018 | |
Retired | 1.23 | 0.93–1.64 | 0.144 | |
Others | 1.41 | 1.11–1.79 | 0.004 | |
Body Mass index(kg/m2) | Normal | 1 | ||
Underweight | 1.40 | 0.70–2.77 | 0.342 | |
Overweight | 1.89 | 1.60–2.24 | <0.001 | |
Obesity | 2.58 | 2.13–3.12 | <0.001 | |
Family history of circulation system diseases | No | 1 | ||
Yes | 2.02 | 1.76–2.33 | <0.001 | |
Smoking | Never | 1 | ||
Current | 1.44 | 1.20–1.72 | <0.001 | |
Past | 1.61 | 1.25–2.08 | <0.001 | |
Consuming alcohol products | No | 1 | ||
Yes | 0.64 | 0.53–0.76 | <0.001 | |
Physical exercises | Often | 1 | ||
Sometimes | 0.75 | 0.62–0.91 | 0.004 | |
Never or rare | 0.73 | 0.62–0.86 | <0.001 | |
