Research Article
Factors Associated with Uncontrolled Hypertension among Renal Transplant Recipients Attending Nephrology Clinics in Nairobi, Kenya
Table 2
Association between uncontrolled hypertension and selected correlates.
| | Variable |
Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | | Hypertension | OR (95% CI) | value |
Adjusted
OR (95% CI) | value | | Uncontrolled () | Controlled () |
| | Age of recipient in years (SD) | 43.3 (11.3) | 40.7 (13.6) | — | 0.339 | — | |
| | Sex of recipient | | | | | | | | Male | 42 (76.4%) | 14 (46.7%) | 3.7 (1.4–9.5) | 0.006 | 4.6 (1.1–19.0) | 0.034 | | Female | 13 (23.6%) | 16 (53.3%) | 1.0 | | 1.0 |
| | Recipient’s BMI in kg/m2 (SD) | 24.5 (4.0) | 25.3 (5.1) | — | 0.382 | — | |
| | Age of donor in years (SD) | 33.0 (8.4) | 33.7 (8.7) | — | 0.724 | — | |
| | GFR in mL/min/1.73 m2 (SD) | 73.4 (20.4) | 75.6 (14.2) | — | 0.598 | — | |
| | Proteinuria in mg/g (IQR) | 75.0 (27.0–150.0) | 30.0 (20.0–80.0) | — | 0.042 | 1.00 (0.96–1.03) | 0.894 |
| | Rejection history | | | | | | | | Yes | 10 (18.2%) | 4 (13.3%) | 1.4 (0.4–5.1) | 0.762 | — | | | No | 45 (81.8%) | 26 (86.7%) | 1.0 | | | |
| | Cyclosporine | | | | | | | | Yes | 44 (80.0%) | 21 (70.0%) | 1.7 (0.6–4.8) | 0.299 | — | | | No | 11 (20.0%) | 9 (30.0%) | 1.0 | | | |
| | Cyclosporine dose mg/kg (SD) | 2.8 (1.6) | 2.9 (1.7) | — | 0.950 | — | |
| | Adherence | | | | | | | | High | 5 (9.1%) | 23 (76.7%) | 1.0 | | 1.0 | | | Medium | 28 (50.9%) | 7 (23.3%) | 18.0 (5.2–65.7) | <0.001 |
33.8 (8.6–73.0) | | | Low | 22 (40.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | — | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| | Number of antihypertensives | 2.0 (2.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | — | 0.407 | — | |
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