Research Article
Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertension in Greater Beirut Area, Lebanon
Table 3
The multinomial logistic regression model for the BP groups.
| | | Normotensive | Pre-HTN | OR (95 CI) | HTN | OR (95 CI) | Pre-HTN/Normotensive | HTN/Normotensive |
| Age | ≤ 30 | 51 (26.7%) | 36 (28.3%) | Ref | 19 (10.4%) | Ref | 31-40 | 42 (22.0%) | 23 (18.1%) | 1.04 (0.43-2.59) | 13 (7.1%) | 1.39 (0.46-4.19) | 41-50 | 57 (29.8%) | 32 (25.2%) | 1.25 (0.50-3.02) | 29 (15.9%) | 1.72 (0.57-5.19) | 51-60 | 34 (17.8%) | 23 (18.1%) | 1.39 (0.43-3.04) | 66 (36.3%) | 4.93 (1.67-14.51) | ≥ 60 | 7 (3.7%) | 13 (10.2%) | 3.53 (0.94-11.72) | 55 (30.2%) | 17.91 (4.97- 64.45) |
| Gender | Females | 143 (74.9%) | 64 (50.4%) | Ref | 114 (62.6%) | Ref | Males | 48 (25.1%) | 63 (49.6%) | 3.71 (2.56-9.72) | 68 (37.4%) | 4.78 (2.25-11.11) |
| Marital Status | Married | 138 (72.3%) | 80 (63.0%) | Ref | 113 (62.1%) | Ref | Single | 39 (20.4%) | 35 (27.6%) | 1.82 (0.71-4.41) | 24 (13.2%) | 3.57 (1.02-8.09) | Others | 14 (7.3%) | 12 (9.4%) | 1.15 (0.43-2.96) | 45 (24.7%) | 2.22 (0.95-5.16) |
| Income level | <600 $ | 44 (25.3%) | 27 (22.9%) | Ref | 82 (51.2%) | Ref | 600-999.9$ | 64 (36.8%) | 58 (49.2%) | 1.56 (0.83-3.14) | 47 (29.4%) | 0.67 (0.38-1.42) | 1000-2000$ | 48 (27.6%) | 18 (15.3%) | 0.64 (0.29-1.44) | 24 (15.0%) | 0.55 (0.25-1.19) | >2000$ | 18 (10.3%) | 15 (12.7%) | 1.03 (0.38-2.98) | 7 (4.4%) | 0.22 (0.07-0.88) |
| T2D | | 9 (4.7%) | 12 (9.4%) | 1.21 (0.44-3.87) | 54 (29.7%) | 2.41 (1.08-7.02) |
| Abdominal obesity (waist to hip ratio) | | 152 (80.4%) | 82 (65.6%) | 0.54 (0.21-1.43) | 149 (82.3%) | 1.09 (0.41-2.89) |
| Body fat | Mean (sd) | 24.9 ± 9.8 | 27.5 ± 12.3 | 1.05 (1.02-1.09) | 33.4 ± 11.1 | 1.08 (1.05-1.12) |
| Urinary potassium (10 units) | Mean (sd) | 79.3 ± 34.9 | 69.6 ± 31.8 | 0.89 (0.98-0.99) | 76.2 ± 32.9 | 0.95 (0.98-1.003) |
| TG (10 units) | Mean (sd) | 118.8 ± 68.8 | 143.3 ± 145.9 | 1.01 (0.99-1.01) | 164.3 ± 88.4 | 1.04 (1.01-1.08) |
| HDL (10units) | Mean (sd) | 50.8 ± 14.8 | 51.5 ± 16.4 | 1.37 (1.01-1.05) | 46.9 ± 13.1 | 1.15 (0.93-1.42) |
| CRP (10 units) | Mean (sd) | 10.2 ± 7.2 | 11.3 ± 8.2 | 1.17 (0.82-1.62) | 14.76 ± 13.0 | 1.46 (1.08-2.01) |
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