Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertension in Greater Beirut Area, Lebanon

Table 3

The multinomial logistic regression model for the BP groups.

		Normotensive	Pre-HTN	OR (95 CI)	HTN	OR (95 CI)
				Pre-HTN/Normotensive		HTN/Normotensive
Age	≤ 30	51 (26.7%)	36 (28.3%)	Ref	19 (10.4%)	Ref
	31-40	42 (22.0%)	23 (18.1%)	1.04 (0.43-2.59)	13 (7.1%)	1.39 (0.46-4.19)
	41-50	57 (29.8%)	32 (25.2%)	1.25 (0.50-3.02)	29 (15.9%)	1.72 (0.57-5.19)
	51-60	34 (17.8%)	23 (18.1%)	1.39 (0.43-3.04)	66 (36.3%)	4.93 (1.67-14.51)
	≥ 60	7 (3.7%)	13 (10.2%)	3.53 (0.94-11.72)	55 (30.2%)	17.91 (4.97- 64.45)
Gender	Females	143 (74.9%)	64 (50.4%)	Ref	114 (62.6%)	Ref
	Males	48 (25.1%)	63 (49.6%)	3.71 (2.56-9.72)	68 (37.4%)	4.78 (2.25-11.11)
Marital Status	Married	138 (72.3%)	80 (63.0%)	Ref	113 (62.1%)	Ref
	Single	39 (20.4%)	35 (27.6%)	1.82 (0.71-4.41)	24 (13.2%)	3.57 (1.02-8.09)
	Others	14 (7.3%)	12 (9.4%)	1.15 (0.43-2.96)	45 (24.7%)	2.22 (0.95-5.16)
Income level	<600 $	44 (25.3%)	27 (22.9%)	Ref	82 (51.2%)	Ref
	600-999.9$	64 (36.8%)	58 (49.2%)	1.56 (0.83-3.14)	47 (29.4%)	0.67 (0.38-1.42)
	1000-2000$	48 (27.6%)	18 (15.3%)	0.64 (0.29-1.44)	24 (15.0%)	0.55 (0.25-1.19)
	>2000$	18 (10.3%)	15 (12.7%)	1.03 (0.38-2.98)	7 (4.4%)	0.22 (0.07-0.88)
T2D		9 (4.7%)	12 (9.4%)	1.21 (0.44-3.87)	54 (29.7%)	2.41 (1.08-7.02)
Abdominal obesity (waist to hip ratio)		152 (80.4%)	82 (65.6%)	0.54 (0.21-1.43)	149 (82.3%)	1.09 (0.41-2.89)
Body fat	Mean (sd)	24.9 ± 9.8	27.5 ± 12.3	1.05 (1.02-1.09)	33.4 ± 11.1	1.08 (1.05-1.12)
Urinary potassium (10 units)	Mean (sd)	79.3 ± 34.9	69.6 ± 31.8	0.89 (0.98-0.99)	76.2 ± 32.9	0.95 (0.98-1.003)
TG (10 units)	Mean (sd)	118.8 ± 68.8	143.3 ± 145.9	1.01 (0.99-1.01)	164.3 ± 88.4	1.04 (1.01-1.08)
HDL (10units)	Mean (sd)	50.8 ± 14.8	51.5 ± 16.4	1.37 (1.01-1.05)	46.9 ± 13.1	1.15 (0.93-1.42)
CRP (10 units)	Mean (sd)	10.2 ± 7.2	11.3 ± 8.2	1.17 (0.82-1.62)	14.76 ± 13.0	1.46 (1.08-2.01)