Research Article
The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among HIV Patients
Table 2
Bivariate associations of patients’ characteristics versus hypertension among HIV patients.
| | Characteristic | Hypertensive n = 177% (n) | Normotensive n = 762% (n) | χ2 value |
| | Sex | | Female | 15.9 (103) | 84.1 (543) | 0.001 | | Male | 25.2 (74) | 74.7 (219) |
| | Age | | 31–40 | 6.9 (23) | 93.1 (310) | <0.001 | | 41–50 | 20.4 (74) | 79.6 (288) | | 51–60 | 32.6 (58) | 67.4 (120) | | >60 | 33.3 (22) | 66.7 (44) |
| | Marital status | | Divorced/separated | 15.4 (24) | 84.6 (132) | 0.03 | | Married | 21.1 (102) | 78.9 (383) | | Single | 13.1 (25) | 86.9 (166) | | Widowed/widower | 24.3 (25) | 75.7 (78) |
| | BMI categories | | Underweight (BMI ≤18.4) | 4.5 (3) | 95.5 (64) | <0.001 | | Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9) | 14.2 (63) | 85.8 (379) | | Overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 25) | 25.8 (111) | 74.2 (319) |
| | History of smoking | | Yes | 7.9 (14) | 5.3 (40) | 0.5 | | No | 92.1 (163) | 94.7 (722) |
| | History of alcohol consumption | | Yes | 20.9 (34) | 8.8 (61) | <0.001 | | No | 79.1 (129) | 91.2 (629) |
| | ART regimen | | NNRTIs and NRTIs | 16.5 (108) | 83.5 (548) | 0.02 | | NRTIs and PIs | 25.6 (10) | 74.4 (29) | | NRTIs and INSTIs | 24.2 (59) | 75.8 (185) |
| | Duration of ARV therapy | | <2 years | 16.5 (18) | 83.5 (91) | 0.5 | | ≥2 years | 119.2 (159) | 80.8 (671) |
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