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Table 3 Factors associated with hypertension among ministries civil servants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014

From: Prevalence of hypertension among federal ministry civil servants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a call for a workplace-screening program

Variable

Hypertension

COR (95 % CI)

AOR (95 % CI)

 

Yes

No

  

Age of the participant

    

18-27 Years

10 (7.2 %)

128 (92.8 %)

1

1

28-37 Years

49 (22.9 %)

165 (77.1 %)

3.8 (1.85-7.80)

2.35 (1.00-5.50)

38-47 years

53 (31.7 %)

114 (68.3 %)

5.95 (2.89-12.24)

2.80 (1.18-6.60)

≥48 Years

60 (54.5 %)

50 (45.5 %)

15.36 (7.29-32.35)

5.88 (2.36-14.67)

Ever cigarette smoking

    

Smoker

62 (53 %)

55 (47 %)

4.12 (2.70-6.27)

2.34 (1.31-4.17)

Non smoker

110 (21.5 %

402 (78.5 %)

1

1

Ever alcohol drinking

    

Yes

104 (32.9 %)

202 (67.1 %)

1.77 (1.24-2.53)

 

No

68 (21.7 %)

245 (78.3 %)

1

 

Ever chat chewing status

    

Yes

38 (35.8 %)

68 (64.2 %)

1.62 (1.04-2.53)

 

No

134 (25.6 %)

389 (74.4 %)

1

 

Family history of HPN

    

Yes+

78 (46.7 %)

89 (53.3 %)

3.49 (2.38-5.12)

3.26 (1.96-5.40)

No

90 (20 %)

359 (80 %)

1

1

Ever told had DM

    

Yes

66 (75 %)

22 (25 %)

12.31 (7.27-20.86)

13.56 (6.91-26.60)

No

106 (19.6 %)

435 (80.4 %)

1

1

BMI

    

Normal Weight

60 (15 %)

341 (85 %)

1

1

Under Weight

7 (12.5 %)

49 (87.5 %)

0.812 (0.35-1.88)

0.54 (0.19-1.52)

Overweight/obese

105 (61 %)

67 (39 %)

8.90 (5.90-13.44)

7.36 (4.43-12.23)