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Table 3 Crude and adjusted multilevel binary logistic regression analyses of gender, age, residence and body mass index with prevalence of hypertension among selected primary school children

From: Blood pressure profile of primary school children in Eastern Cape province, South Africa: prevalence and risk factors

Characteristics

Crude OR [95% CI] & Beta Estimates

Adjusted OR [95% CI] & Beta Estimates

OR [95% CI]

Beta (SE)

p-value

OR [95% CI]

Beta (SE)

p-value

Gender

 Boys

Reference

  

Reference

  

 Girls

1.24 [0.90 – 1.72]

0.22 (0.16)

0.185

1.16 [0.84 – 1.60]

0.15 (0.16)

0.354

Age (years)

1.17 [1.05 – 1.29]

0.15 (0.05)

0.003*

1.12 [1.01 – 1.25]

0.12 (0.05)

0.033*

Residence

 Urban

Reference

  

Reference

  

 Rural

1.08 [0.79 – 1.47]

0.07 (0.16)

0.635

1.10 [0.80 – 1.50]

0.09 (0.16)

0.555

BMI (kg/m2)

1.08 [1.04 – 1.12]

0.07 (0.02)

< 0.0001*

1.06 [1.02 – 1.11]

0.06 (0.02)

0.002*

Intercept

    

−3.88 (1.58)

0.014*

  1. (*) Statistically significant at Alpha = 0.05