Research Article

Sedentary Lifestyle and Hypertension in a Periurban Area of Mbarara, South Western Uganda: A Population Based Cross Sectional Survey

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with hypertension.

VariablecOR (95% CI), valueaOR (95% CI), value

Age (years) category
 35–44.911
 45–54.91.98 (1.083.65), 0.0272.1 (1.14, 3.98), 0.018
 >554.31 (2.138.74), <0.0014.5 (2.18, 9.44), <0.001
Sex
 Female1- - -
 Male1.33 (0.79, 2.26), 0.27
Employment status
 Not working1- - -
 Self employed0.32 (0.150.69), 0.003
 Employed0.30 (0.100.90), 0.032
Ever smoked
 No1- - -
 Yes0.24 (0.06, 1.1), 0.063
Current smoking status (among ever smoked, )
 Stopped smoking1- - -
 Currently smoking0.18 (0.390.85), 0.03
Sedentary work style
 No11
 Yes2.68 (1.474.88), 0.0012.7 (1.48, 5.12), 0.001
Told you have elevated BP by health worker in the last 12 months
 No1- - -
 Yes7.31 (3.4815.37), 0.001
Past diagnosis of diabetes
 No1- - -
 Yes3.79 (1.3210.88), 0.013
Seen a traditional healer for diabetes in the past 12 months
 No1- - -
 Yes15.0 (1.03218.3), 0.047
Fasting blood glucose
 <6.1 mmol/l1- - -
 6.1–6.9 mmol/l4.55 (1.9910.43), <0.001
 >7.0 mmol/l2.05 (0.90–4.68), 0.087
Obesity (BMI >= 30)
 No11
 Yes1.75 (1.042.94), 0.0361.72 (0.99, 2.99), 0.052

In-bold results = significant at 0.05 level.