The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among Adults in Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Factors associated with hypertension of the study participants in Arba Minch town, Gamo, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables		Hypertension		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Age	18-24	7	47	1	1
	25-34	15	83	1.21 (0.5, 3.2)	1.5 (0.5, 5.4)
	35-44	76	160	3.19 (1.4, 7.2)	4.49 (1.4, 14.5)
	45-54	138	188	4.92 (2.2, 11.2)	6.5 (2.1, 20.7)
	≥55	40	30	8.95 (3.6, 22.6)	7.74 (2.2, 27.2)
Income	≤1,000 ETB	20	151	1	1
	1,001-2,500 ETB	43	86	3.8 (2.1, 6.8)	5.16 (2.2, 12.1)
	≥2,501	213	271	5.9 (3.6, 9.8)	9.5 (4.5, 20.2)
“Khat” users	No	201	500	1	1
	Yes	75	8	23.(11, 49.2)	11.06 (4.3, 27.7)
Working hour	≤7 hours per day	70	7	22.9 (9.2, 57.1)	12.5 (4.3, 36.1)
	8-10 hours per day	182	405	0.94 (0.6, 1.6)	0.5 (0.3, 0.9)
	≥11 hours per day	24	96	1	1
Use of fruits and vegetables	Not at all	6	1	1	1
	1-3 days per week	261	444	0.1 (0.012, 0.8)	34 (1.9, 585.3)
	4-7 days per week	9	63	0.02 (0.01, 0.2)	4 (1.1, 14.2)
Use of salt	Not at all	4	73	1	1
	Always	237	376	11.5(4.1, 31.9)	3.1 (0.9, 10.2)
	Some times	35	59	10.8 (3.6, 32.2)	2.9 (0.8, 10.3)
BMI	≤17.99 under weight	6	24	1	1
	18-24.99 normal	130	294	1.7 (0.7, 4.4)	1.0 (0.3, 3.3)
	25-29.99 over weight	130	186	2.8 (1.1, 7.0)	0.8 (0.2, 2.8)
	≥30 obese	10	4	10 (2.3, 43.3)	3.n (0.4, 23.0)

denotes statistical significance ( value < 0.05).