Prehypertension and Hypertension among Schoolchildren in Brazzaville, Congo

Table 4

Logistic regression to determine independent role of type of school, migration, obesity, HSL, and overweight on presence of pre-HT in schoolchildren.

Independent variables	𝛽 coefficient	Standard error	Wald 𝜒^2	OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Private school (yes/no)	0.376	0.305	1.232	1.456 (0.8–2.65)	0.217
Secondary school (yes/no)	0.902	0.230	3.921	2.466 (1.57–3.87)	0.0001
Migration (yes/no)	0.602	0.299	2.014	1.826 (1.01–3.28)	0.044
Obesity (yes/no)	1.221	0.430	2.835	3.391 (1.45–7.89)	0.0046
HSL* (yes/no)	0.084	0.306	0.276	1.088 (0.59–1.98)	0.782
Overweight (yes/no)	0.859	0.341	2.517	2.361 (1.2–4.61)	0.011

∗HSL: high socioeconomic level.