Table 3 Risk factors associated with undiagnosed hypertension among patients aged 35 years or more in Bangladesh
Characteristics | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 (univariate)1 | Model 22 | Model 33 | Model 44 | |
Individual characteristics | ||||
 Age in years | ||||
  35–49 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
  50–64 | 0.66*** (0.53–0.84) | 0.51*** (0.4–0.66) | 0.52*** (0.41–0.68) | 0.53*** (0.41–0.68) |
   > =65 | 0.69*** (0.54–0.88) | 0.46*** (0.34–0.61) | 0.47*** (0.35–0.64) | 0.49*** (0.36–0.66) |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 Female | 0.65*** (0.53–0.8) | 0.68** (0.48–0.96) | 0.68** (0.48–0.97) | 0.68** (0.48–0.97) |
Education | ||||
 No education | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 Primary | 0.81* (0.63–1.03) | 0.71** (0.54–0.93) | 0.79* (0.6–1.04) | 0.81 (0.61–1.07) |
 Secondary | 0.76** (0.58–0.99) | 0.56*** (0.41–0.76) | 0.70** (0.5–0.97) | 0.70** (0.5–0.98) |
 Higher | 0.52*** (0.37–0.73) | 0.34*** (0.22–0.52) | 0.44*** (0.28–0.69) | 0.43*** (0.27–0.68) |
Marital status | ||||
 Currently married | 1.00 | – | – | – |
 Divorced/separated/others | 0.83* (0.67–1.03) | – | – | – |
Body mass index | ||||
 Normal | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 Underweight | 1.23 (0.95–1.59) | 1.35** (1.03–1.78) | 1.25 (0.94–1.65) | 1.28* (0.96–1.7) |
 Overweight/obese | 0.55*** (0.43–0.71) | 0.60*** (0.46–0.78) | 0.65*** (0.49–0.84) | 0.65*** (0.5–0.85) |
Household characteristics | ||||
 HH having child | ||||
  No child | 1.00 | – | – | – |
  Has child | 0.92 (0.75–1.12) | – | – | – |
Wealth index | ||||
 Richest | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 Richer | 1.33** (1.02–1.74) | – | 1.15 (0.86–1.54) | 1.11 (0.82–1.5) |
 Middle | 1.59*** (1.19–2.12) | – | 1.28 (0.92–1.79) | 1.25 (0.87–1.8) |
 Poorer | 2.53*** (1.84–3.47) | – | 1.90*** (1.32–2.74) | 1.86*** (1.25–2.78) |
 Poorest | 2.61*** (1.88–3.63) | – | 1.83*** (1.23–2.72) | 1.78*** (1.16–2.72) |
Community characteristics | ||||
 Division | ||||
  Khulna | 1.00 | – | – | 1.00 |
  Barisal | 0.82 (0.57–1.18) | – | – | 0.8 (0.53–1.19) |
  Chittagong | 0.71* (0.5–1.02) | – | – | 0.88 (0.6–1.3) |
  Dhaka | 0.97 (0.71–1.33) | – | – | 1.03 (0.73–1.45) |
  Rajshahi | 0.93 (0.66–1.32) | – | – | 0.97 (0.67–1.41) |
  Rangpur | 1.35* (0.97–1.87) |  |  | 1.1 (0.78–1.56) |
  Sylhet | 0.56*** (0.38–0.83) | – | – | 0.55*** (0.37–0.84) |
Place of residence | ||||
 Urban | 1.00 | – | – | 1.00 |
 Rural | 1.40*** (1.15–1.71) | – | – | 0.99 (0.77–1.28) |