Patterns of Raised Blood Pressure in Vietnam: Findings from the WHO STEPS Survey 2015

Table 4

Multiple regression analyses: association between sociodemographic factors and hypertension and awareness of hypertension status in Vietnam, 2015.

	Having hypertension, OR (95% CI)	Aware of hypertension status, OR (95% CI)
Sex (women as reference)
Men	2.35 (1.77–3.14)
Age group (18–29 as reference)
30–49	3.54 (2.19–5.71)	2.38 (0.70–8.13)
50–69	11.36 (7.06–18.26)	4.20 (1.27–13.81)
Residence (urban as reference)
Rural		0.68 (0.44–1.05)
Ethnicity (Kinh as reference)
Other minority groups		0.54 (0.30–0.97)
Income group using wealth index (lower income as reference)
Middle-income	1.32 (0.83–2.09)	1.56 (0.97–2.50)
Higher-income	1.36 (0.86–2.15)	1.19 (0.70–2.03)
BMI (BMI less 25 as reference)
Yes	2.80 (2.12–3.69)	1.79 (1.16–2.75)
Smoking (nonsmoker as reference)
Yes	1.32 (0.95–1.82)
Drinking (nondrinker as reference)
Yes		0.71 (0.47–1.07)
Diabetes status (nondiabetes as reference)
Yes	2.13 (1.51–3.55)

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