Research Article

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Coexistence of Diabetes and Hypertension in Thai Population

Table 4

Factors associated with coexistence of hypertension and diabetes compared to those having either diabetes or hypertension alone.

Unadjusted ORAdjusted OR*

Female (versus male = 0)1.48 (1.26, 1.73)1.02 (0.85, 1.20)
Age 60 years (aged 15–<59 yrs = 0)1.50 (1.30, 1.74)1.38 (1.14, 1.70)
Urban (versus rural = 0)1.22 (1.03, 1.45)1.15 (1.00, 1.30)
Education (versus no formal education = 0)
 less than 6 year1.93 (1.09, 3.42)1.83 (1.03, 3.38)
 secondary0.92 (0.52, 1.63)0.96 (0.54, 1.72)
 university1.06 (0.54, 2.06)1.06 (0.56, 2.01)
BMI 25 kg/m2 (versus BMI < 25 kg/m2 = 0)1.80 (1.54, 2.10)1.07 (0.86, 1.34)
Abdominal obesity (versus no = 0)2.58 (2.18, 3.06) 2.49 (2.00, 3.10)

*Adjusted OR controlled for age, area of residence, education, geographic region, BMI status, and abdominal obesity; abdominal obesity: waist circumference  cm in male and  cm in female.