Prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension Diagnosed, Undiagnosed, and Uncontrolled in Elderly Population: SABE Study
Table 4
Factors associated with diagnosed and undiagnosed hypertension in older people living in São Paulo in 2010.
Undiagnosed (n = 111596)
Diagnosed (n = 862764)
ORa
95% CI
ORa
95% CI
Age
60–69
1
1
70–79
1.12
(0.60–2.12)
0.706
2.02
(1.34–3.05)
0.001
≥80
1.07
(0.53–2.17)
0.830
2.73
(1.72–4.31)
<0.001
Years of schooling
0–3
1
1
4–7
0.78
(0.43–1.39)
0.405
0.95
(0.63–1.41)
0.804
≥8
0.46
(0.22–0.94)
0.035
0.75
(0.47–1.20)
0.237
Skin color
White
1
1
Nonwhite
1.89
(1.11–3.19)
0.017
1.48
(1.01–2.18)
0.042
Insurance information
Uninsured
1
1
Insured
1.77
(1.04–3.03)
0.035
1.70
(1.18–2.47)
0.005
Medical consultation in the last year
No
1
1
Yes
0.56
(0.30–1.05)
0.075
1.86
(1.06–3.25)
0.029
Nutritional status
Underweight
1
1
Eutrophic
0.97
(0.48–1.95)
0.940
0.76
(0.47–1.24)
0.281
Overweight
2.38
(1.09–5.19)
0.029
1.43
(0.82–2.51)
0.202
Obesity
1.40
(0.72–2.72)
0.317
2.50
(1.61–3.88)
<0.001
NCDs
None
1
1
≥1
0.28
(0.13–0.58)
0.001
2.81
(1.94–4.08)
<0.001
Reference category: nonhypertensive. Results presented were weighted to be representative of the older population of São Paulo based on the 2010 Census of Brazil; amodel adjusted by sex; NCDs: noncommunicable diseases.