Table 5: Logistic regression analysis result for association between variables.

 

Undiagnosed

hypertension

 

COR (95% CI)

 

AOR (95% CI)

Characteristics

No

No. (%)

Yes

No. (%)

Sedentary life style

 

 

Yes

70 (12.2)

36 (6.3)

1.79 (1.15, 2.77)

P-value = 0.01

2.24 (1.37, 3.67)

P < 0.001

No

244 (42.5)

224 (39)

Level of education

 

 

Illiterate

11 (1.9)

23 (4)

0.75 (0.59, 0.95)

P-value = 0.02

0.83 (0.64, 1.07)

P-value = 0.15

 Read and write

152 (26.5)

129 (22.5)

 Primary school

128 (22.3)

95 (16.6)

High school and above

23(4)

13(2.3)

Cigarette smoking

 

 

Yes

45 (7.8)

63 (11)

0.52 (0.34, 0.80)

P < 0.001

0.45 (0.28, 0.73)

P < 0.001

No

269 (46.9)

197 (34.3)

Health seeking behavior

 

 

Yes

240 (41.8)

226 (39.4)

0.49 (0.31, 0.76)

P < 0.001

0.41 (0.25, 0.66)

P < 0.001

No

74 (12.9)

34 (5.9)

Dietary habit

 

 

Enjera with wotsi

102 (17.8)

115 (20)

0.61 (0.43, 0.85)

P < 0.001

0.57 (0.40, 0.83)

P < 0.001

Qocho

212 (36.9)

34 (5.9)

Body mass index (BMI)

 

 

Less than 25

278 (48.4)

208 (36.2)

1.93 (1.22, 3.06)

P-value = 0.01

2.42 (1.43, 4.09)

P < 0.001

Greater or equal to 25

36 (6.3)

52 (9.1)

Monthly income

 

 

Less than 2000

126 (22)

127 (22.1)

0.70 (0.50, 0.98)

P-value = 0.04

0.68 (0.48, 0.97)

P-value = 0.03

Greater or equal to 2000

188 (32.8)

133 (23.2)

Knowledge on hypertension

 

 

 

 

Good

147 (25.6)

177 (30.8)

0.41 (0.29, 0.58)

P < 0.001

0.27 (0.15, 0.46)

P < 0.001

Poor

167 (29.1)

83 (14.5)

COR: Crude odds ratio; AOR: Adjusted odds ratio