Prevalence of Hypertension in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria: Rural versus Urban Communities Study

Table 3

Univariate and Multivariate regression models for hypertension predictors.

	Univariate; Odds Ratio (95% CI); -value	Multivariate; Odds Ratio (95% CI); -value
Location
Urban	1	1
Rural	2.09 (1.67–2.62); <0.001	2.32 (1.66–3.24); <0.001
Age (years)	1.05 (1.04–1.06); <0.001	1.06 (1.05–1.08); <0.001
Sex
Male	1	1
Female	0.99 (0.79–1.25); 0.96	1.03 (0.73–1.44); 0.88
BMI (kg/m^2)	1.03 (1.01–1.05); 0.005	1.07 (1.04–1.10); <0.001
Diabetic status
No	1	1
Yes	2.12 (1.15–3.89); 0.02	1.49 (0.70–3.19); 0.30
Proteinuric status
No	1	1
Yes	1.47 (1.10–1.97); 0.01	1.59 (1.12–2.25); 0.009

Area under the ROC curve was 0.76.