Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study in Urban Varanasi

Table 6

Univariate analysis for the association of hypertension and sociodemographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, and behavioral risk factors ( 640).

Variables	Odds ratio (95% CI)	value
Sex
Male	1.97 (1.41–2.75)	0.001
Female	1.0 (reference)
Age groups
25–34	1.0 (reference)
35–44	2.64 (1.58–4.41)	0.001
45–54	6.38 (3.77–10.77)	0.001
55–64	6.49 (3.814–11.05)	0.001
Marital status
Unmarried	1.0 (reference)
Married	2.34 (1.19–4.61)	0.014
Others	2.32 (0.89–6.04)	0.084
Education
Graduate & above	1.0 (reference)
Illiterate	1.17 (0.66–2.06)	0.580
Primary	0.92 (0.54–1.54)	0.756
Secondary	1.08 (0.73–1.59)	0.698
Occupation
Private	1.0 (reference)
Government	2.40 (1.39–4.16)	0.002
Self-employed	1.29 (0.76–2.19)	0.336
Retired	3.66 (1.57–8.52)	0.003
Homemaker	0.89 (0.56–1.41)	0.636
Others	1.37 (0.62–3.01)	0.426
Socioeconomic status
Lower class	1.0 (reference)
Lower middle class	0.57 (0.26–1.23)	0.156
Middle class	0.63 (0.29–1.33)	0.230
Upper middle class	0.62 (0.29–1.30)	0.208
Upper class	1.31 (0.66–2.61)	0.432
BMI
Underweight	1.0 (reference)
Normal	1.27 (0.65–2.47)	80.480
Overweight	1.99 (1.00–3.97)	0.049
Obese	3.57 (1.59–8.00)	0.002
Abdominal obesity
No	1.0 (reference)
Yes	1.73 (1.24–2.42)	0.001
Tobacco use
Nonusers	1.0 (reference)	0.001
Users	1.86 (1.31–2.64)
Alcohol use
Nonusers	1.0 (reference)	0.092
Users	1.55 (0.93–2.57)
Physical activity
Inactive	0.63 (0.34–1.17)	0.146
Active	1.0 (reference)
Eating habits
Vegetarian	1.0 (reference)
Nonvegetarian	1.10 (0.78–1.54)	0.569
Ovo-vegetarian	0.34 (0.11–1.02)	0.055