Significant predictors of hypertension in the study population (backward elimination logistic regression modelling)
| Variables | Adjusted ORs (95% CIs) |
| Overall (n=431) | |
| Age | |
| <45 years | Reference |
| 45–64 years | 3.63 (2.69 to 4.88) |
| >64 years | 5.07 (3.24 to 7.93) |
| Central obesity | |
| Obese | 2.32 (1.76 to 3.08) |
| Fruit intake | |
| Inadequate intake | 1.38 (1.04 to 1.84) |
| Diabetes | |
| Diabetic | 2.03 (1.40 to 2.96) |
| Abnormal high-density lipoprotein | |
| Yes | 1.33 (1.01 to 1.75) |
| Physical activity | |
| No activity | 1.81 (1.35 to 2.41) |