Table 5 Beta-coefficient (β) for systolic blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa, Dec 2006.
Males (n = 1398) | Females (n = 1875) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β | SE | P-value | 95% CI for β | β | SE | P-value | 95% CI for β | |
Age | 0.60 | 0.04 | 0.000 | (0.50, 0.68) | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.000 | (0.45, 0.66) |
Education* | -0.45 | 0.11 | 0.000 | (-0.66, -0.22) | -0.48 | 0.11 | 0.000 | (-0.69, -0.25) |
Religion | 1.23 | 1.79 | 0.495 | (-2.30, 4.75) | 3.92 | 1.93 | 0.043 | (0.12, 7.72) |
Ethnic group | -0.41 | 0.50 | 0.418 | (-1.39, 0.58) | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.692 | (-0.83, 1.26) |
Body mass index | 1.48 | 0.15 | 0.000 | (1.18, 1.78) | 0.88 | 0.10 | 0.000 | (0.66, 1.09) |
Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.70 | 2.44 | 0.775 | (-4.10, 5.50) | 12.17 | 5.67 | 0.032 | (1.04, 23.20) |
Total physical activity | -1.64 | 0.65 | 0.013 | (-2.92, -0.35) | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.528 | (-0.78, 1.52) |
Current daily smoking | 2.26 | 1.61 | 0.161 | (-0.90, 5.42) | -9.37 | 14.53 | 0.519 | (-37.8, 19.12) |
Adding salt on plate | -0.32 | 1.46 | 0.828 | (-3.19, 2.55) | -2.41 | 1.70 | 0.158 | (-5.75, 0.93) |
Binge drinking | -1.08 | 1.65 | 0.516 | (-4.33, 2.17) | 4.33 | 4.99 | 0.386 | (-5.46, 14.12) |