Association (OR; 95% CI) between demographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors with self reporting of high blood pressure among those true positive and true negative cases of high blood pressure: definite and possible cases, EPIC-Murcia cohort
| Subjects with medical record of HBP or true hypertensives | Subjects without medical record of HBP or true normotensives | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n=85) | HBP self report (n=54) | OR | 95% CI | Total (n=163) | No HBP self report (n=149) | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Age group | |||||||||
| <55 | 44 | 25 | 1 | 118 | 110 | 1 | |||
| ⩾55 | 41 | 29 | 1.84 | 0.68, 4.99 | 45 | 39 | 0.47 | 0.13, 1.77 | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| men | 14 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 1 | |||
| women | 71 | 49 | 4.01 | 1.04, 16.8 | 133 | 120 | 0.32 | 0.01, 2.30 | |
| Level of education | |||||||||
| less than primary schooling | 68 | 47 | 1 | 95 | 84 | 1 | |||
| primary schooling or higher | 17 | 7 | 0.31 | 0.09, 1.05 | 68 | 65 | 2.84 | 0.71, 16.39 | |
| Current smoker | |||||||||
| never | 68 | 46 | 1 | 110 | 100 | 1 | |||
| ever | 17 | 8 | 0.43 | 0.13, 1.41 | 53 | 49 | 1.23 | 0.33, 5.62 | |
| Current alcohol drinker | |||||||||
| none | 27 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 1 | |||
| some | 58 | 37 | 1.04 | 0.36, 2.95 | 132 | 123 | 2.63 | 0.63, 9.55 | |
| Body mass index | |||||||||
| normal | 9 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 43 | 1 | |||
| overweight | 36 | 20 | 1.00 | 0.17, 5.53 | 78 | 71 | 0.71 | 0.11, 3.31 | |
| obese | 40 | 29 | 2.11 | 0.35, 11.77 | 39 | 35 | 0.61 | 0.08, 3.89 | |
| Previous conditions4-150 | |||||||||
| cardiovascular | 14 | 12 | 4.14 | 0.82, 40.30 | 146 | 135 | 2.63 | 0.42, 11.63 | |
| diabetes | 16 | 13 | 2.96 | 0.71, 17.47 | 154 | 142 | 3.38 | 0.31, 20.46 | |
↵4-150 Cardiovascular: myocardial infarction, stroke, angina, other cerebrovascular.