Risk Factors of Hypertension at UNRWA Primary Health Care Centers in Gaza Governorates

Table 3

Lifestyle factors among the study population.

Variable	Cases		Controls		OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
	Number	%	Number	%
Physically inactive	92	76.7	19	15.9	17.47* (8.74–35.34)	0.000
Physically active	28	23.3	101	84.1
Total	120	100	120	100
Current smokers
(i) Yes	10	8.3	20	16.7	0.45 (0.19–1.0)	0.05
(ii) No	110	91.7	100	83.3
Former smoker	17	15.5	1	1
(i) Stop smoking between 6–12	3	17.6	0	0	18.1 (2.4–138.7)	0.000
(ii) More than 12 months	14	82.4	1	100
Exposed to others, smoke	112	93.3	82	68.3	3.32 (1.75–6.30)	0.001
Not exposed to others, smoke	8	6.7	38	31.7

Age adjusted OR: *17.64 (9.15–33.99).