Prevalence of Hypertension and Determination of Its Risk Factors in Rural Delhi

Table 3

Multivariate analysis for risk factors of hypertension.

Variable	Subgroups	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	value
Age	Less than 35 years	Reference	0.01
	More than 35 years	3.60 (2.11–6.15)
Religion	Hindu	Reference
	Others	0.89 (0.17–2.73)	0.60
Education level	Illiterate	Reference
	Primary	0.14 (0.01–1.12)	0.06
	Middle	0.43 (0.25–0.75)	0.01
	High school	0.35 (0.19–0.63)	0.01
	Junior college	0.23 (0.11–0.47)	0.01
	Graduate	0.25 (0.10–0.63)	0.01
	Postgraduate	0.07 (0.01–0.40)	0.01
Occupation	Unemployed	Reference
	Retired	4.00 (1.21–13.15)	0.02
	Housewife	0.72 (0.36–1.43)	0.35
	Unskilled worker	1.37 (0.63–2.97)	0.41
	Semiskilled worker	0.53 (0.17–1.68)	0.28
	Skilled worker	0.52 (0.13–2.07)	0.35
	Clerical, shop-owners, farm owners	0.29 (0.03–2.74)	0.28
	Semiprofessional	1.35 (0.35–0.24)	0.65
	Professional	2.54 (0.88–7.34)	0.08
Alcohol use in the past one year	Yes	Reference
	No	0.81 (0.34–1.54)	0.34
Total cholesterol	Normal	Reference
	Raised	1.64 (1.12–2.45)	0.03
Triglycerides	Normal	Reference
	Raised	0.91 (0.57–1.48)	0.68
Body mass index	Underweight	Reference
	Normal	1.31 (0.62–3.12)	0.48
	Overweight	1.98 (0.89–4.12)	0.18
	Obese	1.61 (0.78–3.71)	0.26
Diabetes mellitus	No	Reference
	Yes	2.01 (0.96–4.16)	0.06