Epidemiology of Hypertensive State among Chinese Migrants: Effects of Unaffordable Medical Care

Table 4

Association between hypertensive states with economic unaffordability.

	Normal pressure	Prehypertension	MMS hypertension
	AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age
9–25	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
26–40	1.38 (1.150–1.657)	0.59 (0.494–0.723)	0.09 (0.069–0.137)
≥41	0.847 (0.660–1.086)	0.56 (0.428–0.732)	0.41 (0.310–0.565)
Gender
Male	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Female	3.82 (3.059–4.777)	0.26 (0.207–0.335)	0.20 (0.140–0.301)
Marital status
Married	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Remarried	0.874 (0.301–2.542)	0.918 (0.286–2.945)	1.586 (0.325–7.747)
Divorced	1.103 (0.574–2.121)	1.028 (0.535–1.974)	0.430 (0.085–2.169)
Widowed	0.473 (0.162–1.378)	1.226 (0.379–3.968)	2.589 (0.740–9.052)
Never married	3.51 (2.865–4.323)	0.26 (0.214–0.330)	0.03 (0.019–0.060)
Physical disabilities
No	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Yes	1.098 (0.677–1.781)	1.007 (0.605–1.676)	0.472 (0.173–1.290)
Sick injured
No	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Yes	1.049 (0.810–1.358)	0.861 (0.651–1.138)	0.997 (0.620–1.602)
Regular Smokers
No	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Yes	1.25 (1.012–1.564)	0.78 (0.621–0.978)	0.47 (0.331–0.678)
Unaffordable expenses
No	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Yes	0.595 (0.246–1.436)	1.710 (0.703–4.156)	1.800 (0.402–8.064)
Unaffordable services
No	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Yes	0.65 (0.462–0.940)	1.67 (1.153–2.425)	0.588 (0.274–1.263)

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