Uncontrolled Hypertension and Behavioral Risk Factors among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Saint Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension among hypertensive patients attending St. Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 474).

Variables	Category	Type of hypertension		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P
		Controlled, n(%)	Uncontrolled, n(%)
Level of education	Illiterate	47 (9.9%)	65 (13.7%)	0.384 (0.209–704)^∗	2.9 (1.244–6.848)	0.011^∗
	College and above	36 (7.6%)	50 (10.5%)	2.3 (0.758–11.32)	1
Residence	Rural	92 (19.4%)	69 (14.6%)	0.85 (0.467–5.87)	1	0.004^∗
	Urban	135 (28.5%)	178 (37.6%)	0.0569 (0.387–0.835)	0.55 (0.366–0.830)
BMI	Normal weight	206 (90.7%)	113 (45.7%)	0.23 (0.87–2.35)	1
	Overweight	14 (6.2%)	107 (43.3%)	0.14 (0.06–0.34)^∗∗	0.25 (0.08–0.78)	0.016^∗
	Obese	7 (3%)	27 (11%)	1.98 (0.728–5.39)	1.5 (1.11–5.34)	0.004^∗
Alcohol use	Yes	18 (3.8%)	188 (39.7%)	36.98 (21.1–64.98)	16.7 (8.13–34.36)	0.001^∗∗
	No	209 (44.1%)	59 (12.4%)	0.61 (0.49–4.37)	1
Cigarette smoking	Yes	2 (0.4%)	64 (13.5%)	39.43 (9.5–162.9)^∗	7.4 (1.211–45.29)	0.003^∗
	No	225 (47.5%)	183 (44.9%)	4 (0.9–8.39)	1
Low-salt diet adherence	Adherent	173 (36.5%)	25 (5.3%)	0.21 (0.34–17.07)	1	0.001^∗∗
	Nonadherent	54 (11.4%)	222 (46.8%)	28.5 (17.01–47.57)	13.4 (7.36–25.10)
Physical activity adherent	Adherent	84 (17.7%)	46 (9.7%)	2.3 (0.31–1.1.87)	1	0.018^∗
	Nonadherent	143 (30.2%)	201 (42.2%)	0.39 (0.256–0.59)^∗	0.43 (0.21–0.866)

^∗, ^∗∗, and 1 reference.