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Table 3 Factors associated with prevalence of hypertension, awareness, treatment and control among treated hypertensive participants

From: Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and socio demographic determinants of hypertension in Malaysian adults

Risk Factors

Hypertension

Awareness among hypertensive participants

Treatment among hypertensive participants

Control among treated participants

CPR (CI)

APR† (CI)

CPR (CI)

APR† (CI)

CPR (CI)

APR† (CI)

CPR (CI)

APR† (CI)

Location

 Urban

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Rural

1.14 (1.08–1.20)**

1.12 (1.04–1.20)*

0.97 (0.9–1.04)

1.03 (0.94–1.13)

0.83 (0.76–0.90)**

0.95 (0.85–1.06)

0.66 (0.56–0.78)**

0.61 (0.49–0.75)**

Gender

 Male

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Female

0.90 (0.85–0.95)**

0.88 (0.83–0.94)**

1.14 (1.06–1.23)*

1.19 (1.08–1.31)**

1.12 (1.02–1.22)*

1.13 (1.01–1.26)*

1.02 (0.87–1.2)

1.25 (1.01–1.54)*

Age (years)

 30–39

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 40–49

1.86 (1.62–2.14)**

1.71 (1.48–1.98)**

1.36 (1.08–1.71)*

1.30 (1.03–1.65)*

1.51 (1.11–2.05)*

1.50 (1.09–2.07)*

0.92 (0.55–1.53)

0.92 (0.54–1.55)

 50–59

2.70 (2.35–3.09)**

2.37 (2.06–2.74)**

1.51 (1.2–1.89)**

1.45 (1.15–1.83)*

2.00 (1.48–2.69)**

1.98 (1.45–2.70)**

0.86 (0.53–1.41)

0.85 (0.51–1.42)

 ≥60

3.56 (3.12–4.08)**

3.17 (2.74–3.67)**

1.65 (1.32–2.06)**

1.63 (1.29–2.06)**

2.27 (1.69–3.05)**

2.36 (1.73–3.24)**

0.77 (0.47–1.25)

0.77 (0.46–1.31)

Ethnicity

 Malay

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Chinese

0.99 (0.9–1.08)

1.12 (1.01–1.24)*

0.94 (0.83–1.06)

1.01 (0.88–1.16)

1.08 (0.94–1.24)

1.13 (0.97–1.32)

1.10 (0.87–1.40)

0.90 (0.69–1.18)

 Indian

0.93 (0.79–1.1)

1.04 (0.87–1.24)

0.92 (0.73–1.16)

0.95 (0.74–1.22)

1.00 (0.77–1.30)

1.00 (0.76–1.33)

1.56 (1.06–2.29)*

1.35 (0.89–2.04)

 Indigenous groups

0.97 (0.9–1.05)

1.04 (0.95–1.14)

0.72 (0.64–0.82)**

0.80 (0.69–0.92)*

0.53 (0.45–0.63)**

0.66 (0.55–0.79)**

1.20 (0.91–1.59)

1.64 (1.19–2.25)*

Education attainment

 No formal education

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Primary

1.03 (0.94–1.11)

1.00 (0.92–1.1)

1.14 (1.02–1.27)*

1.09 (0.96–1.22)

1.27 (1.11–1.46)*

1.15 (1.00–1.33)

0.89 (0.69–1.15)

1.03 (0.78–1.35)

 Secondary

0.79 (0.73–0.85)**

0.94 (0.85–1.03)

0.99 (0.88–1.11)

0.99 (0.86–1.12)

1.11 (0.96–1.27)

1.05 (0.9–1.23)

1.06 (0.83–1.37)

1.03 (0.77–1.38)

 Tertiary

0.68 (0.62–0.75)**

0.86 (0.76–0.96)*

1.02 (0.89–1.16)

1.05 (0.89–1.23)

1.13 (0.96–1.33)

1.07 (0.89–1.3)

1.46 (1.11–1.93)*

1.30 (0.94–1.81)

Smoking status

 Never smoke

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Current smoker

0.86 (0.78–0.93)**

0.81 (0.73–0.89)**

0.90 (0.79–1.02)

0.99 (0.86–1.14)

0.77 (0.66–0.90)*

0.84 (0.7–1.00)

0.96 (0.72–1.28)

1.11 (0.79–1.55)

 Ex-smoker

1.18 (1.09–1.27)**

1.00 (0.91–1.09)

1.03 (0.93–1.15)

1.12 (0.98–1.26)

1.00 (0.88–1.14)

1.04 (0.9–1.21)

1.13 (0.91–1.41)

1.28 (0.99–1.67)

Body Mass Index

 Normal

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Underweight

0.80 (0.66–0.96)*

0.72 (0.59–0.89)*

0.79 (0.58–1.08)

0.77 (0.56–1.08)

0.67 (0.44–1.01)

0.69 (0.45–1.07)

0.91 (0.42–1.95)

1.31 (0.6–2.87)

 Overweight

1.24 (1.15–1.34)**

1.31 (1.2–1.42)**

1.08 (0.97–1.21)

1.10 (0.98–1.24)

1.20 (1.04–1.37)*

1.19 (1.03–1.38)*

0.98 (0.77–1.25)

0.95 (0.74–1.23)

 Obese

1.54 (1.43–1.66)**

1.71 (1.58–1.86)**

1.28 (1.15–1.42)**

1.30 (1.16–1.46)**

1.48 (1.3–1.69)**

1.51 (1.31–1.74)**

0.90 (0.72–1.14)

0.88 (0.68–1.13)

  1. †Modified Poisson regression model
  2. CPR: Crude prevalence ratio, APR: Adjusted prevalence ratio, CI: 95 % confidence interval
  3. *significant at p < 0.05; **significant at p < 0.001