Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus among Patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Risk factors of hypertension among patients at HU-CSH, January 2015.

Variables		Yes	No	UOR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age in years	18-59	30	329
	≥ 60	13	39	3.7 (1.8 – 7.6)	4.0 (1.8 – 9.0)
Household income	≥ 1500	30	199
	< 1500	13	169	0.5 (0.3 – 1.0)	0.9 (0.4 – 1.9)
Smoking	No	39	361
	Yes	4	7	3.6 (1.1 – 12.1)	5.0 (1.1 – 23.3)
Khat chewing	No	34	336
	Yes	9	32	2.8 (1.2 – 6.3)	1.3 (0.4 – 4.2)
Alcohol drinking	No	30	321
	Yes	13	47	3.0 (1.4 – 6.1)	1.5 (0.6 – 3.9)
BMI	14 – 25	20	308
	High	23	60	5.9 (3.1 – 11.4)	5.7 (2.7 – 11.9)

P < 0.05, UOR: unadjusted odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.