Racial/Ethnic Variability in Hypertension Prevalence and Risk Factors in National Health Interview Survey

Table 3

Unconditional univariable logistic regression model of racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence in a large sample of community-based United States residents.

Variables	Prevalence odds ratio	99% Confidence interval	P
Race
Hispanics	1.00	Reference	Reference
Non-Hispanic Blacks	2.38	2.17–2.61	<0.0001
Non-Hispanic Whites	1.64	1.52–1.77	<0.0001
Family income
≤$20,000	1.00	Reference	Reference
>$20,000	0.67	0.64–0.71	<0.0001
Insurance status
Yes	1.00	Reference	Reference
No	0.97	0.89–1.05	0.43
Education
≤High school	1.00	Reference	Reference
Some college	0.70	0.66–0.74	<0.0001
≥Bachelor’s degree	0.59	0.55–0.64	<0.0001
Age
≤50 years	1.00	Reference	Reference
>50 years	6.20	5.79–6.63	<0.0001
Body mass index
Underweight	1.00	Reference	Reference
Normal weight	0.98	0.78–1.22	0.85
Overweight	1.64	1.31–2.06	<0.0001
Obese	3.19	2.55–4.00	<0.0001
Smoking
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	1.27	1.21–1.34	<0.0001
Alcohol
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	0.65	0.62–0.69	<0.0001
Physical activities
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	0.69	0.65–0.73	<0.0001
Marital status
Nonmarried	1.00	Reference	Reference
Married	.85	0.81–0.90	<0.0001

Notes: the significance level was <0.01 (1% type I error tolerance).