Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Treatment Practices of Known Adult Hypertensive Patients in Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of hypertension contributing factors.

Items	B	S.E.	Wald X2 value	DF	𝑃 value	Odds ratio (OR)	95% C.I. for OR
							Lower	Upper
Ever Smoking	1.141	0.417	7.496	1	.006	3.129	1.383	7.079
Diabetes mellitus	1.681	0.436	14.883	1	<.001	5.373	2.287	12.623
Central obesity	1.353	0.477	8.034	1	.005	3.870	1.518	9.865
Total cholesterol (mmol/Liter)	0.276	0.123	5.028	1	.025	1.317	1.035	1.676
Constant	6.755	1.952	11.970	1	.001	0.001

Covariates in equation: gender, region, occupation, education, smoking, diabetes, central obesity, physical activity, cholesterol level.