Hypertension, an Emerging Problem in Rural Cameroon: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Control

Table 2

Association between clinical characteristics and hypertension of 733 participants in Moliwe Health Area, rural Cameroon.

Risk factors	Categories	Risk ratio (95% CI)	value
Age (years)	<40	1.0	<0.001
	≥40	4.5 (3.0–6.8)
Obesity	No	1.0	<0.001
	Yes	1.9 (1.5–2.3)
Smoking	No	1.0	<0.001
	Yes	1.5 (1.2–1.9)
Alcohol	No	1.0	<0.001
	Yes	1.6 (1.3–1.9)
Diabetes	No	1.0	<0.001
	Yes	2.1 (1.4–2.9)
Educational status	High (≥secondary)	1.0	<0.001
	Low (none and primary)	1.8 (1.4–2.3)
Marital status	Unmarried	1.0	<0.001
	Married	1.6