Table 6 Beta-coefficient (β) for diastolic 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 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.000 | (0.14, 0.26) | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.005 | (0.02, 0.14) |
Education* | -0.05 | 0.07 | 0.513 | (-0.18, 0.09) | -0.07 | 0.06 | 0.263 | (-0.20, 0.05) |
Religion | -0.00 | 1.13 | 0.997 | (-2.23, 2.22) | 0.49 | 1.13 | 0.666 | (-1.73, 2.70) |
Ethnic group | -0.23 | 0.31 | 0.471 | (-0.85, 0.39) | 0.02 | 0.31 | 0.952 | (-0.59, 0.63) |
Body mass index | 0.95 | 0.09 | 0.000 | (0.76, 1.13) | 0.74 | 0.06 | 0.000 | (0.61, 0.86) |
Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.29 | 1.54 | 0.853 | (-2.72, 3.32) | 6.62 | 3.31 | 0.046 | (0.11, 13.12) |
Total physical activity | -0.63 | 0.41 | 0.130 | (-1.44, 0.18) | -0.16 | 0.34 | 0.636 | (-0.83, 0.51) |
Current daily smoking | 3.26 | 1.01 | 0.001 | (1.25, 5.25) | -10.5 | 8.49 | 0.215 | (-27.19, 6.12) |
Adding salt on plate | -0.83 | 0.92 | 0.372 | (-2.64, 0.99) | -1.36 | 0.99 | 0.171 | (-3.13, 0.59) |
Binge drinking | 1.34 | 1.04 | 0.200 | (-0.71, 3.39) | -0.55 | 2.91 | 0.852 | (-6.26, 5.17) |