Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study

Table 3 Univariate analysis of predictors of total unmet need for hypertension care among participants with hypertension, Malaysia

Characteristics (N = 637)	Predictors of total unmet need
Characteristics (N = 637)	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	P value
Age (years)
60–64	Reference
65–69	0.9	0.5–1.6	0.71
70–74	0.9	0.5–1.6	0.65
75–79	1.4	0.7–2.9	0.29
80–84	1.1	0.4–2.8	0.88
85–89	0.9	0.2–4.4	0.95
90–94	0.0	NA	1.00
Gender
Male	Reference
Female	1.0	0.7 to 1.6	0.95
Race
Malaysian	Reference
Chinese	0.0	0.0 to 0.4	0.99
Indian	0.43	0.2 to 1.2	0.11
Other	0.26	0.0 to 2.5	0.24
Marital status
Married	Reference
Other	1.3	0.8 to 1.9	0.3
Body mass index
Normal	Reference
Class I obesity	1.3	0.6 to 2.4	0.46
Class II obesity	0.4	0.1 to 1.9	0.28
Class III obesity	4.9	1.1 to 15.5	0.04*
Overweight	1.2	0.7 to 2.1	0.43
Underweight	0.8	0.2 to 3.8	0.79
Locality
Urban	Reference
Rural	1.2	0.8 to 1.9	0.37
Smoking
No	Reference
Yes	0.5	0.2 to 0.9	0.03*
Medical history
Stroke
No	Reference
Yes	3.0	1.2 to 7.3	0.01*
Cardiovascular disease
No	Reference
Yes	0.8	0.4–1.8	0.70
Diabetes mellitus
No	Reference
Yes	1.8	1.1–2.7	0.01*
Dyslipidaemia
No	Reference
Yes	1.4	0.9–2.1	0.15
Activities of daily living
Independent	Reference
Dependent	0.9	0.4–1.8	0.80

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