A community-based study of hypertension and cardio-metabolic syndrome in semi-urban and rural communities in Nigeria

Table 4 Prevalence of population health determinants in general and hypertensive populations in the communities

Health determinants	Semi	Urban	Community %	ORs (95% CI)	P-value	Rural	Community	%	ORs (95% CI)	p-value
	NHP	HP	GP			NHP	HP	GP
Tobacco use	12.3	18.9	14.6	1.65 (1.15 - 2.39)	0.007*	14.8	17.7	15.5	1.24 (0.64 - 2.44)	0.535
Alcohol use	61.9	55.8	59.9	0.78 (0.58 - 1.03)	0.083	64.9	69.8	66.1	1.25 (0.68 - 2.13)	0.473
Inactivity	4.0	8.4	5.5	0.45 (0.26 - 0.79)	0.004*	0.7	1.1	0.82	0.67 (0.06 - 7.47)	0.741

Key: NHP - non-hypertensive population; HP - population with hypertension; GP - general population; * - p-value: significant

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