Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Patients Admitted with a Hypertensive Crisis at the Buea Regional Hospital, Cameroon

Table 4

Factors associated with death in the study population (n = 95)

Variables	Death, N (%)	OR (95% confidence interval)	value
Female gender
Yes	4 (8.7)	2.2 (0.4–12.8)	0.43
No	2 (4.1)	1
Age > 50 years
Yes	4 (7.8)	1.8 (0.3–10.3)	0.68
No	2 (4.6)	1
Known hypertension
Yes	6 (8.3)	NA	0.33
No	0 (0)	1
Known chronic kidney disease
Yes	0 (0)	NA	0.33
No	6 (8.3)	1
Diabetes
Yes	0 (0)	NA	0.59
No	6 (7.4)	1
Previous stroke
Yes	1 (25)	5.7 (0.5–65.5)	0.23
No	5 (5.5)	1
Previous heart failure
Yes	1 (20)	4.3 (0.4–45.5)	0.28
No	5 (5.6)	1
Alcohol consumption
Yes	1 (3.1)	0.4 (0.04–3.4)	0.66
No	5 (7.9)	1
Tobacco consumption
Yes	0 (0)	NA	NA
No	6 (6.8)	1
Hypertensive emergency
Yes	5 (8.9)	3.7 (0.4–33.2)	0.39
No	1 (2.6)	1
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Yes	1 (8.3)	1.4 (0.2–13.3)	0.57
No	5 (6)	1
Cerebral infarction
Yes	2 (22.2)	5.9 (0.9–37.8)	0.09
No	4 (4.7)	1
Hypertensive encephalopathy
Yes	0 (0)	NA	NA
No	6 (6.5)	1
Pulmonary edema
Yes	2 (8)	1.4 (0.3–8.4)	0.65
No	4 (5.7)	1
Acute kidney injury
Yes	0 (0)	NA	NA
No	6 (6.6)	1