Table 7

Examination of religion and survey year interaction: multiple logit-based AORs of being hypertensive among adults aged 35 years and above from the 2011 BDHS and 2017–2018 BDHS

	(A) AOR and corresponding p value and 95% CI
	AOR	P value	95% CI
Hindu (ref: Muslim)	1.43	0.001	1.17 to 1.75
Female (ref: male)	1.86	<0.001	1.67 to 2.07
2017–2018 BDHS (ref: 2011 BDHS)	1.73	<0.001	1.53 to 1.94
Religion×BDHS year (interaction)
Hindu 2017–2018 BDHS	1.09	0.564	0.82 to 1.43
Age (ref: 18–24 years)
25–29	–	–	–
30–34	–	–	–
35–39	Ref	–	–
40–44	1.36	<0.001	1.17 to 1.58
45–49	1.86	<0.001	1.59 to 2.17
50–59	2.77	<0.001	2.37 to 3.22
60–69	4.12	<0.001	3.48 to 4.87
70+	6.23	<0.001	5.17 to 7.52
Years of schooling (ref: none)
<5	0.96	0.493	0.85 to 1.08
5	1.14	0.127	0.96 to 1.36
6–9	1.34	<0.001	1.16 to 1.56
≥10	1.14	0.175	0.94 to 1.37
Rural (ref: urban)	0.88	0.040	0.78 to 0.99
Wealth quintiles (ref: lowest)
Second	1.02	0.845	0.87 to 1.19
Middle	1.12	0.173	0.95 to 1.31
Fourth	1.07	0.409	0.91 to 1.26
Highest	1.46	<0.001	1.23 to 1.74
Nutritional status (ref: underweight)
Normal	2.07	<0.001	1.82 to 2.37
Overweight	4.48	<0.001	3.77 to 5.32
Missing	2.43	<0.001	2.01 to 2.93
Region (ref: Western)
Central	0.93	0.195	0.83 to 1.04
Eastern	0.85	0.011	0.75 to 0.96
Constant	0.05	<0.001	0.04 to 0.06
Observations used	12 931	–	–
	(B) Predicted probabilities and corresponding p value and 95% CI
	Predicted probability	P value	95% CI
Religion×BDHS year
Muslim 2011	0.26	<0.001	0.24 to 0.27
Muslim 2017–2018	0.36	<0.001	0.34 to 0.37
Difference over year	0.10	<0.001	0.08 to 0.12
Hindu 2011	0.32	<0.001	0.28 to 0.35
Hindu 2017–2018	0.45	<0.001	0.41 to 0.49
Difference over year	0.13	<0.001	0.08 to 0.18

AORs, adjusted ORs; BDHS, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey.