Prevalence Rates of Self-Care Behaviors and Related Factors in a Rural Hypertension Population: A Questionnaire Survey

Table 3

Associations between demographic and health characteristics and hypertension self-care behaviors in a rural hypertension population in Beijing, China.

	Medication adherence; OR (95% CI)	Regular BP measurement; OR (95% CI)	Low-salt diet adherence; OR (95% CI)	Physical exercise; OR (95% CI)	Non-smoking; OR (95% CI)	Alcohol abstinence; OR (95% CI)
Age
≥65	1.11; (0.65, 1.89)	1.80; (1.08, 2.99)	3.88; (1.79, 8.48)	1.25; (0.75, 2.07)	2.29; (1.05, 4.98)	1.26; (0.65, 2.46)
<65	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Gender
Male	0.95; (0.55, 1.65)	0.89; (0.53, 1.51)	0.34; (0.17, 0.72)	0.60; (0.36, 1.01)	0.05; (0.03, 0.11)	0.13; (0.070, 0.24)
Female	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Marital status
Married	0.75; (0.35, 1.61)	0.63; (0.31, 1.28)	1.46; (0.56, 3.85)	0.80; (0.39, 1.64)	1.16; (0.40, 3.35)	1.38; (0.58, 3.28)
Others	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Education
≤6 years	1.32; (0.76, 2.29)	1.28; (0.75, 2.21)	0.51; (0.23, 1.09)	0.74; (0.44, 1.26)	0.79; (0.36, 1.71)	0.78; (0.38, 1.60)
>6 years	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Self-rated health
Good to very good	0.80; (0.46, 1.39)	0.92; (0.54, 1,56)	1.63; (0.72, 3.69)	1.11; (0.66, 1.88)	1.15; (0.54, 2.46)	0.63; (0.33, 1.21)
Fair to very poor	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Diabetes status
No	1.40; (0.76, 2.57)	1.56; (0.85, 2.86)	0.91; (0.38, 2.16)	0.64; (0.35, 1.15)	1.02; (0.41, 2.51)	1.26; (0.57, 2.78)
Yes	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Duration of Hypertension
≥3 years	3.44; (1.99, 5.97)	1.24; (0.72, 2.14)	1.92; (0.93, 3.98)	0.69; (0.40, 1.18)	1.52; (0.70, 3.28)	0.97; (0.48, 1.96)
<3 years	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
BMI
BMI ≥ 28.0	0.99; (0.53, 1.87)	0.94; (0.52, 1.71)	1.36; (0.55, 3.35)	1.03; (0.57, 1.86)	1.70; (0.74, 3.90)	1.52; (0.69,3.34)
24.0 ≤ BMI < 28.0	0.75; (0.41, 1.35)	0.85; (0.48, 1.49)	0.81; (0.36, 1.80)	0.99; (0.56, 1.73)	2.33; (1.05, 5.17)	1.03; (0.51, 2.07)
18.5 ≤ BMI < 24.0	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

For each self-care behavior, probability modeled is adherent = “Yes”.