Characteristics of Inpatient Hypertension Cases and Factors Associated with Admission Outcomes in Ashanti Region, Ghana: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Univariable and multivariable logistics regression analysis for the association between outcome of admission and sociodemographic characteristics of inpatient admissions of Ashanti.

Characteristics
	Crude OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Age group
25–34 (reference)	1
35–44	0.58	0.475	0.64 (0.13–3.20)	0.573
45–54	1.19	0.836	0.74 (0.05–10.40)	0.815
55–64	1.05	0.947	0.44 (0.06–3.42)	0.420
65+	2.04	0.436	0.54 (0.02–18.13)	0.722
Age	1.03	0.029	1.04 (0.99–1.10)	0.087
Sex
Male (reference)	1
Female	0.55	0.017	0.49 (0.29–0.82)	0.009
Educational level
No formal education (reference)	1
Primary	0.84	0.581	1.43 (0.80–2.56)	0.211
Secondary	0.91	0.905	0.99 (0.13–7.86)	0.999
Tertiary	1.97	0.302	3.42 (0.38–30.49)	0.170
Occupation
Unemployed (reference)	1
Formal employment	2.27	0.535	Omitted
Self employed	0.82	0.746	0.83 (0.14–4.97)	0.834
Student	Omitted		Omitted
Unspecified	1.81	0.324	2.53 (0.49–13.11)	0.257
Others	1.53	0.533	1.15 (0.19–6.94)	0.872
NHIS status
Not having NHIS (reference)	1
Have NHIS	0.376	0.040	0.22 (0.11–0.45)	0.001
Length of stay on admission
Length of stay	1.04	0.009	1.05 (0.99–1.10)	0.069
Facility ownership
Quasi/mission (reference)	1
Public	0.632	0.260	0.69 (0.29–1.61)	0.373
Private	1 (omitted)
District status
Rural (reference)	1
Urban	1.38	0.520	0.84 (0.31–2.30)	0.726

sample size for multivariable logistic regression analysis. significantly associated with the outcomes in this model when it was substituted for age category.