Socioeconomic Status and Its Relation to Hypertension in Rural Nepal
Table 2
Relationship between socioeconomic status and hypertension.
Socioeconomic factors
Hypertension, N (%)
Age standariseda hypertension prevalence % (95% CI)
Model 1b
Model 2d
PRc (95% CI)
value
PRc (95% CI)
value
Income
Low
15 (17.2%)
10 (4%–15%)
Ref
Ref
Middle
15 (17.2%)
14 (7%–21%)
0.91 (0.47–1.76)
0.778
1.04 (0.54–2.01)
0.908
High
20 (23.3%)
26 (17%–36%)
1.06 (0.54–2.11)
0.845
1.33 (0.68–2.58)
0.407
Education
No formal education
19 (16.8%)
10 (4%–15%)
Ref
Ref
Less than high school
21 (19.8%)
16 (9%–23%)
0.98 (0.54–1.77)
0.951
2.02 (1.00–4.08)
0.049
High school and above
10 (24.4%)
24 (11%–38%)
0.91 (0.40–2.03)
0.812
2.35 (0.88–6.29)
0.089
Employment status
Unemployed
12 (20.3%)
17 (7%–26%)
Ref (1.0)
Ref (1.0)
Farming
17 (13.3%)
10 (3%–17%)
0.66 (0.33–1.32)
0.239
1.00 (0.48–2.07)
0.999
Employed
21 (28.8%)
21 (11%–32%)
1.44 (0.73–2.82)
0.293
2.26 (1.02–5.05)
0.046
aStandardised to the World Health Organization standard population; cPR, prevalence ratio. bModel 1, unadjusted. dModel 2, adjusted for age (continuous), gender (male/female), marital status (married/unmarried), and ethnicity (Brahmin/Chettri/Dalits/others).
