Research Article
Impact of Comorbidities on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension in the United States
Table 4
Factors associated with hypertension prevalence in a sample of community-based United States residents, National Health Interview Survey, 2003.
| Covariate | Prevalence odds ratio | 99% Confidence Interval | |
| Age (years) | | | | <50 | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | ≥50 | 6.33 | 5.77–6.94 | <0.001 | Sex | | | | Male | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | Female | 1.16 | 1.01–1.34 | 0.04* (NS) | Education | | | | <High school | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | High school | 0.70 | 0.66–0.74 | <0.001 | College | 0.51 | 0.48–0.55 | <0.001 | Graduate degree | 0.72 | 0.68–0.76 | <0.001 | Income (US$) | | | | <20,000.00 | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | ≥20,000.00 | 0.67 | 0.64–0.70 | <0.001 | Insurance coverage | | | | No | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | Yes | 1.02 | 0.84–1.23 | 0.82* (NS) | Marital status | | | | No | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | Yes | 0.86 | 0.82–0.91 | 0.001 | Alcohol | | | | No | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | Yes | 1.26 | 1.19–1.33 | <0.001 | Smoking | | | | No | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | Yes | 1.28 | 1.17–1.40 | 0.002 | Physical activity | | | | No | 1.00 | Referent | Referent | Yes | 0.86 | 0.82–0.91 | 0.001 |
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Univariable survey logistic regression model, with 0.01 as the significance level.
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