Open AccessThe Risk Factors for Undiagnosed and Known Hypertension among Malaysians
Author(s) -
Ooi Wei Lim,
ChenChen Yong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2019.26.5.9
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , odds ratio , odds , multinomial logistic regression , confidence interval , demography , logistic regression , population , national health interview survey , gerontology , obesity , environmental health , machine learning , sociology , computer science
The prevalence of known hypertension has resulted from the progression of undiagnosed hypertension. This study is targeted to examine and compare the risk factors based on the estimated odds ratios of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors on different outcome levels of hypertension.