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 5

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with preventive practice towards CKD.

Variables	Category	Practice		COR 95% CI	AOR 95% CI	value
		Good n (%)	Poor n (%)
Sex	Male	91 (20.9%)	129 (29.7%)	1.00	1.00
	Female	119 (27.4%)	95 (21.8%)	1.78 (1.21,2.60)	1.65 (0.99,2.71)	0.05
Age	<35 years	19 (4.3%)	21 (4.8%)	1.00	1.00
	35–45 years	48 (11.0%)	54 (12.4%)	0.98 (0.47,2.04)	0.79 (0.325,1.93)	0.609
	45–55 years	41 (9.4%)	51 (11.7%)	0.89 (0.42,1.87)	0.68 (0.27,1.69)	0.408
	>55 years	102 (23.5%)	98 (22.5%)	1.15 (0.58,2.27)	0.89 (0.39,2.05)	0.784
Educational status	Illiterates	49 (11.2%)	68 (15.6%)	1.00	1.00
	Able read and write	72 (16.5%)	97 (22.3%)	1.03 (0.64,1.66)	1.51 (0.77,2.96)	0.230
	Primary school	8 (1.8%)	15 (3.4%)	0.74 (0.29,1.88)	1.46 (0.46,4.61)	0.523
	Secondary school	18 (4.1%)	23 (5.2%)	1.086(0.53,2.23)	2.47 (0.91,6.76)	0.077
	University/college and above	63 (14.5%)	21 (4.8%)	4.16 (2.25,7.70)	8.26(3.35,20.37)	<0.001∗
Marital status	Married	145 (33.4)	145 (33.4%)	1.00	1.00
	Divorced	32 (7.3%)	22 (5.0%)	1.45 (0.81,2.62)	1.47 (0.675,3.20)	0.332
	Widowed	9 (2.0%)	18 (4.1%)	0.50 (0.22,1.15)	0.30 (0.104,1.01)	0.058
	Single	24 (5.5%)	39 (8.9%)	0.61 (0.35,1.07)	0.55 (0.26,1.16)	0.118
Residence	Rural	18 (4.1%)	57 (13.1%)	1.00	1.00
	Urban	192 (44.2%)	167 (38.4%)	3.64 (2.06,6.43)	2.27 (1.06,4.83)	0.034
Hypertension duration (years)	<5 years	132 (30.4%)	155 (35.5%)	1.00	1.00
	5–15 years	70 (16.1%)	52 (11.9%)	1.58 (1.03,2.42)	1.41 (0.84,2.38)	0.197
	>15 years	8 (1.8%)	17 (3.9%)	0.55(0.21,1.32)	0.19 (0.065,0.58)	0.003∗

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