Hypertension among adults in Bangladesh: evidence from a national cross-sectional survey

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with hypertension among adults in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2011

Variables	COR	CI		AOR	CI
Age group
35–39	Ref			Ref
40–44	1.43	1.17–1.75	^**	1.45	1.18–1.79	^**
45–49	1.88	1.54–2.30	^***	2.00	1.62–2.47	^***
50–54	2.00	1.63–2.46	^***	2.56	2.05–3.20	^***
55–59	2.51	2.01–3.14	^***	2.71	2.12–3.46	^***
60–69	3.09	2.54–3.76	^***	3.77	3.01–4.72	^***
70+	3.59	2.93–4.40	^***	4.16	3.24–5.36	^***
Sex
Male	Ref			Ref
Female	1.93	1.74–2.15	^***	1.44	1.19–1.74	^**
Marital status
Currently married	Ref			Ref
Others	2.29	2.00–2.62	^***	1.36	1.15–1.60	^***
Education
No education	Ref			Ref
Primary education	1.16	1.03–1.31	^**	1.11	0.97–1.28
Secondary education	1.17	0.99–1.38	^*	1.35	1.12–1.63	^**
Higher education	1.27	1.00–1.60	^**	1.63	1.25–2.14	^***
Working status
No	Ref			Ref
Yes	0.43	0.39–0.49	^***	0.64	0.53–0.77	^***
Wealth index
Poorest	Ref			Ref
Poorer	1.21	1.01–1.46	^**	1.22	1.01–1.48	^**
Middle	1.28	1.07–1.54	^**	1.21	1.00–1.48	^**
Richer	1.69	1.42–2.01	^***	1.50	1.23–1.82	^***
Richest	2.61	2.20–3.09	^***	1.91	1.54–2.38	^***
Place of residence
Rural	Ref			Ref
Urban	1.57	1.39–1.77	^***	1.16	1.00–1.35	^*
Division of residence
Barisal	Ref			Ref
Chittagong	0.90	0.69–1.17		0.72	0.54–0.96	^**
Dhaka	1.16	0.91–1.48		1.04	0.84–1.36
Khulna	1.33	1.02–1.74	^**	1.35	1.02–1.79	^**
Rajshahi	1.01	0.77–1.32		1.07	0.81–1.43
Rangpur	1.23	0.93–1.60		1.46	1.09–1.94	^**
Sylhet	0.82	0.59–1.13		0.75	0.52–1.06	^*
Body mass index
Normal	Ref			Ref
Overweight or obese	2.65	2.30–3.04	^***	2.19	1.87–2.57	^***
Diabetes status
No	Ref			Ref
Yes	1.99	1.71–2.32	^***	1.54	1.31–1.83	^***

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