Research Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension in Two Communes in the Vietnam Northern Mountainous, 2017

Table 3

Related factors of hypertension .

Related factorsUnivariateMultivariate
OR195%CIOR295%CI

Gender (male vs. female)1.162.231.570.912.71

Age groups (vs. 18–34)
35–541.095.281.085.34
≥553.6516.912.7012.55

Ethnic groups (vs. Kinh)
Tay1.070.691.651.150.721.85
Dao0.990.511.911.060.532.14
Others1.120.552.311.240.562.76

(vs. 18.5≤ BMI <23.0)
BMI <18.50.840.541.330.760.461.27
23.0≤ BMI <25.01.060.671.671.080.641.79
BMI ≥25.01.253.191.540.912.62

(vs. WHR <0.85)
0.85≤ WHR <0.901.390.952.061.020.661.55
0.90≤ WHR <0.951.523.611.370.842.22
WHR ≥0.952.949.081.444.72

Salty diet (vs. No)
Yes0.950.631.411.010.641.56

Physical activity (vs. Yes)
No1.633.081.162.36

Smoking (vs. No)
Yes1.090.731.640.670.371.21

Drinking alcohol (vs. No)
Yes1.410.962.061.130.641.98


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