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Table 5 Association between ideal cardiovascular health behaviors 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

Characteristic

Ideal CVH Behaviors

Univariate

Multivariable

OR

95% CI

P valuea

OR

95% CI

P valuea

Sex

 Male

1.00

  

1.0

  

 Female

1.76

1.14–2.72

< 0.001

2.87

1.72–4.78

< 0.001

Age group (years)

 16–39

1.00

  

1.00

  

 40–60

0.57

0.37–0.88

0.011

0.56

0.36–0.88

0.011

  ≥ 60

0.12

0.07–0.21

< 0.001

0.15

0.08–0.27

< 0.001

Filmer-Pritchett asset index

 Poor

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Middle

1.14

0.71–1.82

0.585

1.04

0.66–1.64

0.858

 Rich

1.05

0.64–1.71

0.860

0.86

0.52–1.41

0.557

Highest educational attainment (%)

 None

1.0

  

1.0

  

 Some primary

2.60

1.50–4.48

0.001

1.95

1.11–3.43

0.020

 Completed primary

2.92

1.57–5.42

0.001

1.95

0.97–3.92

0.059

 Post-primary

3.98

2.14–7.39

< 0.001

3.38

1.67–6.84

0.001

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