Prevalence of Risk Factors for Hypertension Among Faculty at an Urban University in Uganda

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Table 1 Prevalence of Risk Factors for Hypertension Among Faculty at an Urban University in Uganda

Variable	Normotensive	Hypertensive	Frequencies	Percentage (%)
Family history of hypertension
Yes	33 (57.9%)	24 (42.1%)	57	40.4
No	71 (84.5%)	13 (15.5%)	84	59.6
Family history of diabetes
Yes	17 (53.1%)	15 (46.9%)	32	22.7
No	87 (79.8%)	22 (20.2%)	109	77.3
Smoking
Never smoked	96 (76.2%)	30 (23.8%)	126	89.4
Ever smoked	8 (53.3%)	7 (46.7%)	15	10.6
Alcohol consumption
Never.	39 (79.6%)	10 (20.4%)	49	34.8
Ever.	65 (70.7%)	27 (29.3%)	92	65.2
Currently using alcohol (n= 92)
Yes	34 (72.3%)	13 (27.7%)	47	51.1
No	31 (68.9%)	14 (31.1%)	45	48.9
Eating yellow Bananas
Yes	48 (75.0%)	16 (25.0%)	64	45.4
No	56 (72.7%)	21 (27.3%)	77	54.6
Eating mangoes
Yes	45 (68.2%)	21 (31.8%)	66	46.8
No	59 (78.7%)	16 (21.3%)	75	53.2
Eating avocados
Yes	33 (86.8%)	5 (13.2%)	38	27.0
No	71 (68.9%)	32 (31.1%)	103	73.0
Eating Watermelon
Yes	38 (76.0%)	12 (24.0%)	50	35.5
No	66 (72.5%)	25 (27.5%)	91	64.5
Fruit servings/day.
≤1	80 (72.7%)	30 (27.3%)	110	78.0
≥2	24 (77.4%)	7 (23.3%)	31	22.0
Eating raw salt.
Yes	46 (69.7%)	20 (30.3%)	66	46.8
No.	58 (77.3%)	17 (22.7%)	75	53.2
Engagement in physical exercise.
Never.	21 (77.8%)	6 (22.2%)	27	19.1
Occasionally.	37 (69.8%)	16 (30.2%)	53	37.6
Sometimes.	28 (75.7%)	9 (24.3%)	37	26.2
Usually.	18 (75.0%)	6 (25.0%)	24	17.0
Physical activity (≥150 minutes/week)
Inactive	80 (72.1%)	31 (27.9%)	111	78.7
Active	24 (80.0%)	6 (20.0%)	30	21.3
Body mass index.
Non-obese	90 (80.4%)	22 (19.6%)	112	79.4
Obese	14 (48.3%)	15 (51.7%)	29	20.6

Table 2 Risk Factors Associated with Hypertension Among Faculty at an Urban University in Uganda

Variable	Crude Odds Ratios	95% CI	p-value	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% CI	p-value
Age >42 years	2.524	1.166–5.463	0.019	1.471	0.583–3.712	0.414
Male gender	1.879	0.839–4.194	0.126	2.867	1.11–7.382	0.029*
Family history of hypertension	3.972	1.800–8.763	0.001	3.300	1.352–8.057	0.009*
Family history of diabetes	3.489	1.511–8.060	0.003	2.340	0.869–6.303	0.093
Ever consumed alcohol	1.620	0.708–3.704	0.253	1.174	0.421–3.271	0.760
Walking	0.604	0.283–1.288	0.192	0.816	0.319–2.082	0.670
Use of a personal vehicle	0.549	0.2180–1.384	0.204	0.361	0.119–1.093	0.072
Exercise time <150 minutes/week	1.550	0.578–4.155	0.384	1.221	0.382–3.903	0.736
Eating of raw salt	1.483	0.698–3.151	0.305	1.609	0.651–3.978	0.303
Eating >1 fruit serving/day	0.778	0.303–1.992	0.601	0.903	0.285–2.855	0.862
Eating >1 vegetable serving/day	0.929	0.280–3.084	0.905	0.749	0.176–3.180	0.695
Eating avocadoes	0.336	0.120–0.941	0.038	0.369	0.117–1.160	0.088
Animal cooking oil	0.312	0.630–4.253	1.637	0.456	0.140–1.482	0.192
Obesity	4.383	1.846–10.407	0.001	3.771	1.403–10.135	0.008*

Note: *Significantly associated with hypertension.