Suboptimal Blood Pressure Control, Associated Factors, and Choice of Antihypertensive Drugs among Type 2 Diabetic Patients at KCMC, Tanzania

Table 5

Determinants of suboptimal blood pressure in multivariate analysis ().

Variables	Crude estimates		Adjusted estimates
	OR (95% CI)	values	AOR (95% CI)	values
Sex
Male	Ref		Ref
Female	0.85 (0.44, 1.66)	0.638	1.07 (0.5, 2.33)	0.858
Age
<50	Ref		Ref
50-75	1.3 (0.4, 4.24)	0.668	1.5 (0.36, 6.04)	0.588
75+	2.1 (0.52, 8.7)	0.295	2.53 (0.46, 13.94)	0.286
Level of education
None	Ref		Ref
Primary	0.8 (0.07, 9.1)	0.855
Secondary+	0.53 (.05, 6.19)	0.615		0.450
Salt reduction in food
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	0.55 (0.28, 1.1)	0.092	0.55 (0.24, 1.22)	0.142
Antihypertensive
ACE inhibitors	Ref		Ref
ARB	2.63 (1.13, 6.11)	0.025	2.27 (0.94, 5.46)	0.068
CCB	12.86 (3.98, 41.59)	<0.001	10.9 (3.29, 36.09)	<0.001
Combination therapy	2.79 (0.99, 7.82)	0.052	2.27 (0.77, 6.72)	0.139
Other medications	2.1 (0.56, 7.57)	0.278	1.64 (0.42, 6.38)	0.475
Family history of HTN
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	2.33 (1.13, 4.79)	0.022	1.83 (0.82, 4.1)	0.142