Table 2 Analysis of factors associated to HBPM use for diagnosis of hypertension (univariate and multivariate analysis)
Univariate | Multivariate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | Occasionally | Regularly | Systematically | OR and 95% CI | p- value | OR and 95% CI | p- value | |
N = 31 | N = 151 | N = 290 | N = 89 | |||||
Sex F, n (%) | 7 (22.6) | 52 (34.4) | 139 (47.9) | 43 (48.3) | 1.7 [1.24–2.35] | 0.001 | 1.27 [0.90–1.79] | 0.171 |
Age, mean ±SD | 59.1±8.4 | 53.1±11.1 | 49.0±11.1 | 46.8±12.1 | 0.96 [0.94–0.97] | < 0.001 | 0.97 [0.95–0.98] | < 0.001 |
Urban City> 2500, n (%) | 20 (64.5) | 87 (57.6) | 203 (70) | 42 (47.2) | 0.90 [0.65–1.25] | 0.517 | 0.87 [0.62–1.22] | 0.41 |
GP practice, n (%) | ||||||||
Individual | 21 (67.7) | 71 (47) | 95 (32.8) | 23 (25.8) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
MHCc | 0 (0) | 7 (4.6) | 35 (12.1) | 13 (14.6) | 3.68 [2.09–6.49] | < 0.001 | 2.09 [1.15–3.78] | 0.015 |
Group | 10 (32.3) | 73 (48.3) | 160 (55.2) | 53 (59.6) | 2.04 [1.45–2.87] | < 0.001 | 1.45 [1.00–2.10] | 0.05 |
Clinical Tutor, n (%) | 4 (12.9) | 26 (17.2) | 90 (31.0) | 33 (37.1) | 2.10 [1.47–3.00] | < 0.001 | 1.92 [1.33–2.79] | 0.001 |