Factors associated with blood pressure check-up during pregnancy among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: an analysis of data from 2015—16 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicators Survey

Table 3 Factors associated with ever checked blood pressure during pregnancy

Variable	OR	95%CI		P-value	AOR	95%CI		P-value
Variable	OR	Lower	Upper	P-value	AOR	Lower	Upper	P-value
ANC booking
Late booking	1				1
Early booking	1.587	1.388	1.815	< 0.001	1.496	1.297	1.726	< 0.001
Age groups
Less than 20 years	1
20 to 34 years	1.585	1.316	1.909	< 0.001	1.193	0.951	1.498	0.127
More than 34 years	1.621	1.323	1.985	< 0.001	1.518	1.149	2.006	0.003
Place of residence
Urban	1
Rural	0.273	0.234	0.318	< 0.001	1.044	0.388	2.81	0.932
Wealth index
Poor	1				1
Middle	1.518	1.325	1.741	< 0.001	1.215	1.053	1.402	0.008
Rich	5.312	4.634	6.09	< 0.001	2.27	1.907	2.702	< 0.001
Educational level
No education	1				1
Primary education	1.396	1.227	1.588	< 0.001	1.275	1.107	1.468	0.001
Secondary education	5.515	4.468	6.808	< 0.001	2.163	1.688	2.774	< 0.001
Higher education	36.275	5.01	262.6	< 0.001	9.929	1.355	72.76	0.024
Parity
Para one	1
Para 2—4	1.101	0.96	1.262	< 0.001	1.19	1.003	1.412	0.046
Para 5 +	0.77	0.667	0.887	< 0.001	0.958	0.775	1.185	0.694
Mainland/Zanzibar
Mainland Urban	1				1
Mainland Rural	0.241	0.206	0.282	< 0.001	0.459	0.168	1.25	0.128
Unguja (Zanzibar Island)	4.588	2.841	7.409	< 0.001	3.934	1.568	9.871	0.004
Pemba (Pemba Island)	3.693	2.123	6.423	< 0.001	5.308	1.808	15.58	0.002

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