Research Article

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

Table 6

Logistic regression predicting hypertension in urban setting.

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

Age group: <30 years as reference3.000
 30–44.724.2591.0052.061.243.43
 45–591.459.2611.0004.302.587.18
 60 and more1.981.3031.0007.254.0013.13
Marital status: single as reference3.369
 Married.224.2691.4041.250.742.12
 Widower.420.4081.3031.520.683.38
 Divorced−1.3461.1211.2300.260.032.34
Female sex−.789.2281.0010.450.290.71
Educational level: unschooled as reference4.284
 Level 1−.079.2091.7050.920.611.39
 Level 2−.030.2571.9070.970.591.61
 Level 3−.372.2231.0960.690.441.07
 Level 4−.622.3701.0930.540.261.11
Tobacco smoking.087.2611.7381.090.651.82
Alcohol consumption.083.3341.8031.090.572.09
BMI: Normal as reference2.000
 Overweight.429.2001.0321.541.042.27
 Obesity.983.2491.0002.671.644.36
WC: normal as reference2.054
 Overweight.451.2581.0801.570.952.60
 Obesity.665.2811.0181.951.123.37
rWH: normal as reference2.407
 Overweight.199.2321.3911.220.771.92
 Obesity.334.2501.1821.400.862.28
Diabetes.069.2251.7601.070.691.67
Resting HR > 90/min.274.4761.5641.320.523.35