Knowledge and Practices towards Prevention and Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with knowledge towards CKD.

Variables	Category	Knowledge		COR 95% CI	AOR 95% CI	value
		Good n (%)	Poor n (%)
Sex	Male	166 (38.2%)	54 (12.4%)	1.00	1.00
	Female	132 (30.4)	82 (18.8%)	0.524 (0.35,0.79)	0.61 (0.36,1.01)	0.055
Educational status	Unable to read and write	60 (13.8%)	57 (13.1%)	1.00	1.00
	Able to read and write without formal education	113 (26.0)	56 (12.9%)	1.917 (1.18,3.11)	1.29 (0.68,2.45)	0.223
	Primary school	22 (5.0%)	1.0 (0.23%)	20.9(2.73,160.20)	18.34(2.1,16.70)	0.008
	Secondary school	38 (8.7%)	3.0 (0.69%)	12.03 (3.52,41.17)	8.6 (2.11,34.99)	0.003
	University/college and above	65 (14.9%)	19 (4.3%)	3.25 (1.74,6.08)	1.86 (0.77,4.50)	0.168
Residence	Rural	40 (9.2%)	35 (8.0%)	1.00	1.00
	Urban	258 (59.4%)	101 (23%)	2.235 (1.34,3.72)	2.21 (1.09,4.50)	0.028
Hypertension duration (years)	<5	186 (42.8%)	101 (23%)	1.00	1.00
	5–15	92 (21.1%)	30 (6.9%)	1.66 (1.03,2.69)	2.14 (1.22,3.75)	0.008
	>15	20 (4.6%)	5.0 (1.1%)	2.17 (0.79,5.96)	3.02 (0.97,9.40)	0.056
Age group (years)	<35	24 (5.5%)	16 (3.6%)	1.00	1.00
	35–45	71 (16.3%)	31 (7.1%)	1.53 (0.71,3.27)	1.21(0.5,2.90)	0.666
	45–55	64 (14.7%)	28 (6.4%)	1.524 (0.7,3.30)	1.42 (0.58,3.48)	0.442
	>55	139 (32%)	61 (14%)	1.53 (0.75,3.06)	1.55 (0.68,3.50)	0.291

AOR = adjusted odds ratio, COR = crude odds ratio, CI = confidence interval,  =  significant association.