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Table 3 Association between systolic blood pressures (mmHg followed by 95% confidence interval) and sociodemographic, lifestyle and healthcare variables, adjusted by site, SevenCEWA study 2018

From: Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control and predicted 10-year CVD risk: a cross-sectional study of seven communities in East and West Africa (SevenCEWA)

Characteristic

Women (n = 2147)

Men (n = 1402)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Age (per 10 years)

4·8 (4·0, 5·6)

5·1 (4·3, 5·8)

4·6 (3·7, 5·4)

3·5 (2·6, 4·5)

3·3 (2·3, 4·2)

3·3 (2·4, 4·2)

Marital Status

 Single

3·7 (0·7, 6·7)

5·4 (2·5, 8·3)

3·3 (0·2, 6·4)

1·8 (−1·7, 5·3)

1·1 (−2·4, 4·7)

0·9 (− 2·7, 4·5)

 Married

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 Separated

−3·7 (−7·6, 0·1)

3·0 (0·1, 6·0)

− 3·6 (−7·4, 0·2)

−5·5 (− 10·5, −0·5)

−4·5 (−9·8, 0·9)

−4·6 (−9·9, 0·7)

 Widowed

0·5 (− 2·9, 3·9)

4·0 (1·1, 6·9)

0·8 (− 2·7, 4·4)

4·8 (− 3·4, 12·9)

5·1 (− 3·1, 13·3)

4·0 (− 4·3, 12·4)

Highest level of Education attained

 None

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 Primary

−3·6 (−6·8, −0·4)

−1·5 (−4·8, 1·7)

−3·3 (−6·7, − 0·1)

1·2 (− 3·6, 6·1)

−1·0 (− 6·2, 4·3)

−0·8 (− 6·1, 4·5)

 Secondary

− 6·5 (− 9·9, − 3·1)

−3·6 (− 6·9, − 0·3)

−6·0 (− 9·6, − 2·5)

−1·6 (− 6·7, 3·5)

−3·9 (− 9·4, 1·5)

−3·9 (− 9·4, 1·6)

 Tertiary

−6·7 (− 10·4, − 3·0)

−3·0 (− 6·8, 0·7)

−5·0 (− 9·0, − 1·1)

−1·2 (− 6·6, 4·2)

− 2·8 (−8·5, 3·0)

−2·5 (− 8·3, 3·3)

Smoking, n (%)

 Never

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 Ever

2·4 (− 3·5, 8·3)

2·7 (− 3·3, 8·7)

3·8 (−2·2, 9·7)

− 5·1 (−8·1, − 2·1)

− 4·2 (− 7·5, − 0·9)

− 4·2 (− 7·5, − 0·9)

Alcohol use

 Never

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 Ever

0·9 (− 2·3, 4·1)

− 0·4 (− 3·6, 2·8)

1·1 (− 2·1, 4·3)

− 1·6 (− 4·5, 1·4)

− 0·3 (− 3·3, 2·7)

−0·2 (− 3·2, 2·9)

Employment status

 Self-employed

 

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 Government

 

−1·3 (−4·8, 2·1)

−0·8 (− 4·7, 3·1)

 

− 1·1 (− 4·9, 2·6)

−0·7 (− 4·7, 3·4)

 Private employer

 

−4·4 (−7·8, − 1·0)

−4·8 (− 8·7, − 0·9)

 

− 3·6 (− 7·2, − 0·1)

−3·5 (− 7·1, 0·1)

 Unemployed

 

2·6 (0·6, 4·7)

2·5 (0·4, 4·6)

 

1·5 (− 1·8, 4·8)

1·9 (−1·5, 5·3)

Body mass index category, n (%)

 Underweight (< 18·5 kg/m2)

 

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 Normal (18·5 to < 25 kg/m2)

 

1·5 (−1·7, 4·6)

0·3 (− 2·9, 3·5)

 

5·7 (2·2, 9·2)

6·0 (2·5, 9·6)

 Overweight/Obese (> 25 kg/m2)

 

6·6 (3·4, 9·8)

4·4 (1·1, 7·7)

 

8·5 (4·4, 12·6)

9·0 (4·9, 13·1)

Health insurance

 Uninsured

  

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 Insured

  

−2·9 (−5·8, 0·1)

  

−1·0 (−4·8, 2·7)