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Table 3 Association between ideal cardiovascular health metrics and demographic and socio-economic variables – ordered logistic regression

From: Female sex and cardiovascular disease risk in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study

 

Ideal CVH metrics

Univariate

Multivariable

OR

95% CI

P valuea

OR

95% CI

P valuea

Sex

 Male

1.00

  

1.0

  

 Female

0.59

0.40–0.87

0.008

0.70

0.47–1.03

0.072

Age group (years)

 16–39

1.00

  

1.00

  

 40–60

0.35

0.23–0.54

< 0.001

0.36

0.24–0.55

< 0.001

  ≥ 60

0.10

0.06–0.16

< 0.001

0.10

0.06–0.18

< 0.001

Filmer-Pritchett asset index

 Poor

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Middle

0.77

0.54–1.11

0.160

0.58

0.34–0.94

0.028

 Rich

0.57

0.34–0.94

0.027

0.38

0.22–0.62

< 0.001

Highest educational attainment (%)

 None

1.0

  

1.0

  

 Some primary

2.17

1.40–3.37

0.001

1.39

0.84–2.30

0.195

 Completed primary

2.95

1.81–4.80

< 0.001

1.51

0.83–2.73

0.177

 Post-primary

3.40

1.97–5.88

< 0.001

1.99

1.08–3.66

0.027

  1. a Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)