Impact of Patient Beliefs on Blood Pressure Control in the General Population: Findings from the Population-Based STAAB Cohort Study

Table 2

Crude and adjusted ORs (95%-CI) for failure to reach blood pressure target in women and men.

Variables	Women				Men
	Crude OR; (95%CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR; (95%CI)	P-value	Crude OR; (95%-CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR; (95%-CI)	P-value
Age in years, n (%)		0.72		0.63		0.26		0.35
≤ 49	1		1		1		1
50-59	1.39 (0.40; 4.80)		1.34 (0.34; 5.30)		1.08 (0.35; 3.32)		1.53 (0.45; 5.21)
60-69	0.82 (0.27; 2.46)		0.74 (0.23; 2.43)		1.13 (0.44; 2.90)		1.39 (0.51; 3.76)
70-79	0.96 (0.29; 3.18)		1.15 (0.31; 4.27)		2.50 (0.84; 7.40)		2.75 (0.87; 8.67)
Education		0.53		0.65		0.43		0.24
Tertiary	1		1		1		1
Secondary	1.02 (0.44; 2.35)		1.06 (0.43; 2.64)		0.64 (0.27; 1.47)		0.45 (0.17; 1.18)
Primary	0.68 (0.29; 1.60)		0.72 (0.28; 1.90)		0.64 (2.30; 1.37)		0.57 (0.24; 1.36)
Current smoking		0.94		0.62		0.02		0.09
No	1		1		1		1
Yes	0.96 (0.29; 3.16)		0.71 (0.18; 2.77)		0.34 (0.14; 0.87)		0.43 (0.16; 1.13)
Self-reported diabetes		0.22		0.27				0.27
No	1		1		1		1
Yes	1.74 (0.72; 4.19)		1.72 (0.66; 4.51)		0.60 (0.25; 1.40)		0.56 (0.22; 1.43)
Body Mass Index		0.38		0.45		0.57		0.88
BMI ≤ 25 kg/m^2	1		1		1		1
BMI > 25 kg/m^2	0.70 (0.31; 1.57)		0.72 (0.30; 1.71)		0.76 (0.29; 1.96)		1.09 (0.38; 3.11)
BMQ-Concerns		< 0.01		< 0.01		0.77		0.57
Concerns ≤ median	1		1		1		1
Concerns > median	0.37 (0.19; 0.73)		0.36 (0.17; 0.74)		1.11 (0.57; 2.13)		1.23 (0.60; 2.56)
BMQ-Necessity		0.24		0.32		0.42		0.37
Necessity ≤ median	1		1		1		1
Necessity > median	0.67 (0.34; 1.30)		0.68 (0.32; 1.45)		1.31 (0.68; 2.52)		1.38 (0.68; 2.82)

Data are odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). For adjustment procedure refers to Method.