Demographic and Lifestyle Predictors of Prehypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study among Apparently Healthy Adults in Kumasi, Ghana

Table 4

Multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associated with prehypertension among the study population.

Variable	aOR (95% CI)	p value
Male	1.48(0.84-2.61)	0.17
≥40 years	1.50(0.86-2.61)	0.15
≤Secondary education	2.74(1.15-6.55)	0.02
Single	1.50(0.84-2.67)	0.17
Unemployed	1.46(.65-3.27)	0.36
Not practicing at least 30 minutes daily walks	2.59(1.31-5.10)	0.01
Not exercising routinely	1.93(0.97-3.85)	0.04
Infrequent intake of fruit & vegetables	1.51(0.80-2.84)	0.20
Alcohol consumption	3.58(1.52-8.46)	0.004
Overweight	1.29(0.74-2.24)	0.37
Family history of hypertension	1.30(0.74-2.29)	0.36

Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine independent predictors of prehypertension. was considered statistically significant ( values of significant variables are in bold print).