A Community-Based Assessment of Hypertension and Some Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

Table 3

Logistic regression for HBP with other CVD risk factors.

Variables	value	Odds ratio	95% CI
Age group
<30	Reference	1
30–39	0.8419	0.91	[0.36–2.2]
40–49		3.83	[1.66–8.9]
≥50	<0.000	7.08	[3.43–15.2]
Sex
Male	Reference	1
Female	0.6820	0.77	[0.35–1.68]
Obesity
No	Reference	1
Yes	0.0881	1.04	[0.049–0.22]
Alcohol consumption
No	Reference	1
Yes		0.16	[0.046–0.49]
Tobacco consumption
No	Reference	1
Yes	0.0561	2.26	[0.95–5.18]
Physical inactivity
No	Reference	1
Yes	0.3680	1.03	[0.28–3.70]
Excessive salt consumption
No	Reference	1
Yes	0.1450	1.05	[0.52–2.07]
Hyperglycaemia
No	Reference	1
Yes		4.20	[1.17–15.2]
Marital status
Unmarried	Reference	1
Divorced		4.11	[0.92–18.3]
Married	0.8634	0.80	[0.39–1.62]
Widowed	0.7964	1.2	[0.13–12.5]

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