Research Article

Hypertension and Associated Factors in Rural and Urban Areas Mali: Data from the STEP 2013 Survey

Table 5

Logistic regression predicting hypertension in rural setting.

VariablesS.E.dfSig.OR95% CI for OR
LowerUpper

Age group: <30 years as reference3.000
 30–44.955.4621.0392.601.056.42
 45–591.603.4681.0014.971.9912.42
 60 and more2.272.5351.0009.703.4027.66
Marital status: single as reference2.904
 Married.018.5441.9741.020.352.96
 Widower.220.7061.7551.250.314.97
Sex−.811.4141.0500.440.201.00
Educational level: unschooled as reference4.595
 Level 1−.336.4411.4460.710.301.70
 Level 2−.123.4031.7610.880.401.95
 Level 3.008.4261.9861.010.442.32
 Level 4−1.6541.0921.1300.190.021.63
Tobacco smoking.042.3891.9141.040.492.24
Alcohol consumption−.242.7131.7350.790.193.18
BMI: Underweight as reference3.887
 Normal weight.395.6611.5501.490.415.43
 Overweight.537.7021.4451.710.436.78
 Obesity.411.8031.6081.510.317.28
WC: normal as reference2.211
 Overweight.390.3501.2651.480.742.94
 Obesity.711.4081.0822.040.914.53
rWH: normal as reference2.054
 Overweight.296.4311.4911.350.583.13
 Obesity1.066.4651.0222.901.177.23
Diabetes.133.3831.7281.140.542.42
Resting HR > 90/min1.551.6521.0174.721.3216.94