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Table 5 Results of logistic regression analysis to investigate adjusted odds ratio (with 95% confidence interval) for the factors associated with prevalence of hypertension, awareness among hypertensive people, and controlled hypertension among people taking antihypertensive drugs

From: Prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among Bangladeshi adults: an analysis of demographic and health survey 2017–18

Variable

Prevalence

Awareness

Controlled hypertension

AOR

p-value

AOR

p-value

AOR

p-value

Age (in year)

 18 to 34

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

 35 to 44

2.7 (2.4,3.1)

< 0.001

1.8 (1.4,2.3)

< 0.001

0.5 (0.3,0.8)

0.003

 45 to 54

4.5 (3.9,5.2)

< 0.001

2.8 (2.1,3.6)

< 0.001

0.4 (0.3,0.6)

< 0.001

 55 to 64

7.3 (6.2,8.5)

< 0.001

4.2 (3.2,5.6)

< 0.001

0.4 (0.3,0.7)

< 0.001

 65 or more

11.9 (10.1,14.1)

< 0.001

4.2 (3.2,5.6)

< 0.001

0.3 (0.2,0.5)

< 0.001

Gender

 Female

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

ND

 

 Male

0.8 (0.7,0.8)

< 0.001

0.4 (0.3,0.5)

< 0.001

 

Diabetes

 No

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

 Yes

1.7 (1.5,1.9)

< 0.001

1.6 (1.3,2.0)

< 0.001

0.7 (0.5,1.0)

0.059

Overweight/Obese

 No

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

ND

 

 Yes

2.5 (2.2,2.7)

< 0.001

1.5 (1.3,1.8)

< 0.001

 

Education level

 No formal education

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

 Primary

1.1 (0.9,1.2)

0.38

1.2 (1.0,1.5)

0.033

1.1 (0.8,1.5)

0.74

 Secondary

1.0 (0.9,1.2)

0.59

1.3 (1.0,1.7)

0.024

1.2 (0.8,1.7)

0.38

College or above

1.0 (0.9,1.2)

0.44

1.3 (0.9,1.8)

0.076

1.6 (1.1,2.5)

0.027

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

ND

 

 Poorer

1.1 (1.0,1.3)

0.13

1.3 (1.0,1.8)

0.054

 

 Middle

1.2 (1.0,1.4)

< 0.001

1.5 (1.1,1.9)

0.006

 

 Richer

1.4 (1.2,1.6)

< 0.001

1.7 (1.3,2.3)

< 0.001

 

 Richest

1.4 (1.2,1.7)

< 0.001

1.7 (1.3,2.3)

< 0.001

 

Place of residence

 Urban

1.0 (0.9,1.2)

0.62

1.1 (0.9,1.4)

0.20

ND

 

 Rural

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

 

Division of residence

 Dhaka

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

Ref. (1.0)

 Chattagram

1.5 (1.2,1.8)

< 0.001

1.0 (0.7,1.4)

0.85

1.4 (0.9,2.3)

0.17

 Barisal

1.6 (1.3,2.0)

< 0.001

1.1 (0.7,1.5)

0.66

0.9 (0.6,1.6)

0.80

 Khulna

1.3 (1.1,1.6)

0.003

1.0 (0.7,1.4)

0.85

0.8 (0.5,1.2)

0.27

 Mymensingh

1.1 (0.9,1.4)

0.44

1.0 (0.7,1.4)

0.90

1.6 (0.9,2.8)

0.079

 Rajshahi

1.4 (1.2,1.7)

0.001

0.9 (0.6,1.2)

0.48

0.6 (0.3,1.0)

0.061

 Rangpur

1.8 (1.5,2.2)

< 0.001

0.8 (0.6,1.2)

0.24

0.7 (0.4,1.3)

0.25

 Sylhet

1.4 (1.1,1.7)

0.006

1.5 (1.0,2.1)

0.038

1.2 (0.7,2.0)

0.44

  1. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, ND Not done, were not adjusted as the unadjusted p-values were more than 0.20