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

Table 4

Unconditional multivariable 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	2.12	1.90–2.35	<0.0001
Non-Hispanic Whites	1.64	1.40–1.67	<0.0001
Family income
≤$20,000	1.00	Reference	Reference
>$20,000	0.74	0.70–0.79	<0.0001
Education
≤High school	1.00	Reference	Reference
Some college	0.78	0.73–0.84	<0.0001
≥Bachelor’s degree	0.71	0.65–0.77	<0.0001
Age
≤50 years	1.00	Reference	Reference
>50 years	5.99	5.57–6.45	<0.0001
Body mass index
Underweight	1.00	Reference	Reference
Normal weight	1.03	0.81–1.30	0.838
Overweight	1.59	1.25–2.02	<0.0001
Obese	3.18	2.50–4.05	<0.0001
Smoking
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	1.09	1.02–1.15	0.008
Alcohol
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	0.79	0.74–0.84	<0.0001
Physical activities
No	1.00	Reference	Reference
Yes	0.96	0.89–1.03	0.226
Marital status
Nonmarried	1.00	Reference	Reference
Married	.89	0.83–0.94	<0.0001

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