Table 4 Selected characteristics and relationship with hypertension among young adults by sex
| Â | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Hypertension | OR | 95% CI | Hypertension | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Â | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | ||||
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 30 | 156 (90.7) | 16 (9.3) | 1 |  | 221 (90.6) | 23 (9.4) | 1 |  |
 ≥ 30 | 149 (76.8) | 45 (23.2) | 2.94 | 1.59 – 5.44a | 230 (73.2) | 84 (26.8) | 3.51 | 2.14 – 5.77a |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Married | 140 (77.8) | 40 (22.2) | 1 |  | 336 (77.8) | 96 (22.2) | 1 |  |
 Single | 162 (89.5) | 19 (10.5) | 0.41 | 0.22 – 0.74a | 107 (91.4) | 10 (8.6) | 0.33 | 0.16 – 0.65a |
 Divorced/Separated | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 2.33 | 0.38 – 14.45 | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | 0.44 | 0.05 – 3.54 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No formal education | 36 (85.8) | 6 (14.3) | 1 |  | 55 (69.6) | 24 (30.4) | 1 |  |
 Primary | 28 (82.3) | 6 (17.7) | 1.29 | 0.37 – 4.42 | 57 (78.1) | 16 (21.9) | 0.64 | 0.31 – 1.34 |
 Secondary | 168 (83.6) | 33 (16.4) | 1.18 | 0.46 – 3.02 | 264 (84.9) | 47 (15.1) | 0.41 | 0.23 – 0.72a |
 Tertiary | 73 (82.0) | 16 (18.0) | 1.32 | 0.47 – 3.65 | 75 (79.0) | 20 (21.0) | 0.61 | 0.31 – 1.22 |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Christianity | 138 (86.8) | 21 (13.2) | 1 |  | 254 (83.0) | 52 (17.0) | 1 |  |
 Islam | 167 (80.7) | 40 (19.3) | 1.57 | 0.89 – 2.80 | 197 (78.2) | 55 (21.8) | 1.36 | 0.89 – 2.08 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Hausa | 99 (78.0) | 28 (22.0) | 1 |  | 107 (70.4) | 45 (29.6) | 1 |  |
 Igbo | 75 (82.4) | 16 (17.6) | 0.75 | 0.38 – 1.49 | 158 (80.6) | 38 (19.4) | 0.57 | 0.35 – 0.94a |
 Yoruba | 131 (88.5) | 17 (11.5) | 0.45 | 0.23 – 0.88a | 186 (88.6) | 24 (11.4) | 0.31 | 0.18 – 0.53a |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Trading | 65 (84.4) | 12 (15.6) | 1 |  | 203 (78.4) | 56 (21.6) | 1 |  |
 Farming | 41 (82.0) | 9 (18.0) | 1.19 | 0.46 – 3.07 | 16 (76.2) | 5 (23.8) | 1.13 | 0.40 – 3.23 |
 Unemployed | 72 (92.3) | 6 (7.7) | 0.45 | 0.16 – 1.27 | 125 (79.6) | 32 (20.4) | 0.93 | 0.57 – 1.51 |
 Artisan | 80 (80.0) | 20 (20.0) | 1.35 | 0.62 – 2.97 | 79 (89.8) | 9 (10.2) | 0.41 | 0.20 – 0.87a |
 Civil Servant/Professional | 47 (77.1) | 14 (22.9) | 1.61 | 0.68 – 3.80 | 28 (84.9) | 5 (15.1) | 0.65 | 0.24 – 1.75 |
Smoking | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 241 (83.7) | 47 (16.3) | 1 |  | 443 (81.0) | 104 (19.0) | 1 |  |
 Yes | 64 (82.1) | 14 (17.9) | 1.12 | 0.58 – 2.16 | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 1.60 | 0.42 – 6.12 |
Alcohol Use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 182 (82.7) | 38 (17.3) | 1 |  | 349 (79.7) | 89 (20.3) | 1 |  |
 Yes | 123 (84.3) | 23 (15.8) | 0.90 | 0.51 – 1.58 | 102 (85.0) | 18 (15.0) | 0.69 | 0.40 – 1.20 |
Salt Use | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 269 (83.5) | 53 (16.5) | 1 |  | 394 (80.9) | 93 (19.1) | 1 |  |
 Yes | 36 (81.8) | 8 (18.2) | 1.13 | 0.50 – 2.56 | 57 (80.8) | 14 (19.7) | 1.04 | 0.56 – 1.95 |