Table 4 Predictors of hypertension among children and adolescents using an adjusted log-binomial regression.
Explanatory variables | HNCC | ESH | AAP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PR (95%CI) | P-value | PR (95%CI) | P-value | PR (95%CI) | P-value | |
Age group | ||||||
7–12 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
13–15 years | 1.31(1.28,1.35) | < 0.001 | 1.05(1.02,1.08) | 0.003 | 0.81(0.79,0.83) | < 0.001 |
16–17 years | 1.33(1.29,1.38) | < 0.001 | 0.24(0.22,0.26) | < 0.001 | 1.16(1.13,1.19) | < 0.001 |
Gender | ||||||
Boys | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Girls | 1.20(1.17,1.22) | < 0.001 | 0.95(0.93,0.97) | < 0.001 | 0.83(0.81,0.84) | < 0.001 |
Area | ||||||
Urban | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Suburban | 1.19(1.16,1.23) | < 0.001 | 1.16(1.13,1.19) | < 0.001 | 1.14(1.12,1.17) | < 0.001 |
Region | ||||||
Northern | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Central | 0.77(0.74,0.79) | < 0.001 | 0.71(0.69,0.73) | < 0.001 | 0.80(0.78,0.82) | < 0.001 |
Southern | 0.92(0.89,0.95) | < 0.001 | 0.84(0.81,0.87) | < 0.001 | 0.92(0.89,0.94) | < 0.001 |
BMI status | ||||||
Normal | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Overweight | 1.49(1.45,1.54) | < 0.001 | 1.51(1.46,1.56) | < 0.001 | 1.45(1.41,1.49) | < 0.001 |
Obesity | 2.21(2.15,2.27) | < 0.001 | 2.32(2.25,2.38) | < 0.001 | 2.11(2.06,2.16) | < 0.001 |
