Prevalence of High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Thalassemia, Sickle-Cell Anemia, and Iron-Deficiency Anemia among the UAE Adolescent Population

Table 4

Predictors of high blood pressure, heart disease, thalassemia, sickle-cell anemia, and iron-deficiency anemia among the UAE adolescent population.

Variables	Reference	High blood pressure		Heart disease		Thalassemia		Sickle-cell anemia		Iron-deficiency anemia
		OR (95% CI)	𝑃	OR (95% CI)	𝑃	OR (95% CI)	𝑃	OR (95% CI)	𝑃	OR (95% CI)	𝑃
Proximity to industry (no)	Yes	2.86  (1.63–5.03)	0.000	1.96 (0.85–4.56)	0.115	1.27 (0.47–3.49)	0.638	0.64 (0.25–1.63)	0.344	1.69  (1.12–2.55)	0.012
Nonconventional drugs (no)	Yes	2.43  (1.39–4.25)	0.002	1.68 (0.77–3.68)	0.194	1.49 (0.65–3.46)	0.349	1.28 (0.68–2.44)	0.447	1.17 (0.82–1.68)	0.387
Age when smoking began	Increasing	0.99  (0.98–0.99)	0.027	0.99 (0.98–1.01)	0.652	1.00 (0.98–1.02)	0.964	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.988	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.521
Age when regular exposure to smoking began	Increasing	0.99  (0.98–0.99)	0.008	0.99 (0.98–1.00)	0.162	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.972	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.280	0.99  (0.99–0.99)	0.006
Physical activities practiced (number in past 12 months)	Increasing	1.06 (097–1.15)	1.060	1.08 (0.97–1.21)	0.174	1.20  (1.08–1.34)	0.001	1.12  (1.03–1.22)	0.009	1.06  (1.00–1.13)	0.036
Ethnic (expat)	Local	0.768 (0.367–1.606)	0.483	3.49 (0.79–15.46)	0.099	7.92  (1.05–60.01)	0.045	4.58  (1.38–15.20)	0.013	3.10  (1.71–5.65)	0.000
Ethnic (SE Asian)			0.812		0.002		0.591		0.004		0.012
Other GCC		0.48 (0.10–2.25)	0.352	11.64  (2.26–59.93)	0.003	—	0.996	6.80  (1.59–29.13)	0.010	3.26  (1.35–7.86)	0.009
Arab/Middle Eastern		0.79 (0.34–1.87)	0.600	1.87 (0.33–10.72)	0.482	4.73 (0.51–43.95)	0.172	0.43 (0.04–4.21)	0.469	1.97 (0.96–4.06)	0.065
North African		0.79 (0.30–2.11)	0.640	0.84 (0.07–9.39)	0.885	4.12 (0.37–46.12)	0.251	6.16  (1.64–23.18)	0.007	3.05  (1.48–6.28)	0.002
Sex (male)	Female	1.19 (0.65–2.17)	0.573	1.83 (0.76–4.14)	0.178	3.24  (1.16–9.07)	0.025	1.35 (0.69–2.65)	0.377	3.97  (2.54–6.20)	0.000