Crude and adjusted OR of altered blood pressure in male firefighters from the Military Fire Brigade of the State of Espírito Santo (CBMES)
Variable | Category | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | ||||||
P value | OR | IL 95% | UL 95% | P value | OR | IL 95% | UL 95% | ||
Ethnicity | Mixed | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
White | 0.58 | 1.1 | 0.78 | 1.56 | 0.29 | 1.25 | 0.83 | 1.88 | |
Black | 0.002 | 2.41 | 1.39 | 4.16 | 0.04 | 1.98 | 1.03 | 3.78 | |
Education | Graduate | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
High school | 0.054 | 1.36 | 0.99 | 1.87 | 0.04 | 1.5 | 1.02 | 2.19 | |
Postgraduate | 0.009 | 1.58 | 1.12 | 2.21 | 0.04 | 1.54 | 1.03 | 2.3 | |
Loan payment | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Yes | 0.064 | 1.31 | 0.98 | 1.74 | 0.78 | 1.05 | 0.74 | 1.48 | |
City of work | Serra | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Vila Velha | 0.814 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.43 | 0.86 | 1.09 | 0.43 | 2.78 | |
Vitória | 0.524 | 1.22 | 0.67 | 2.23 | 0.4 | 1.36 | 0.66 | 2.8 | |
Cariacica | 0.576 | 1.24 | 0.59 | 2.61 | 0.49 | 1.37 | 0.56 | 3.33 | |
Countryside cities | 0.033 | 1.9 | 1.05 | 3.42 | 0.02 | 2.32 | 1.14 | 4.71 | |
Main operational function | Other | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
ABTS | 0.245 | 1.35 | 0.81 | 2.23 | 0.33 | 1.32 | 0.76 | 2.32 | |
Rescue | 0.051 | 1.76 | 1.00 | 3.11 | 0.2 | 1.52 | 0.81 | 2.85 | |
Smoking habit | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Yes | 0.202 | 1.7 | 0.75 | 3.82 | 0.68 | 1.25 | 0.43 | 3.65 | |
Alcohol drinking | No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
Yes | 0.085 | 1.27 | 0.97 | 1.66 | 0.66 | 1.08 | 0.78 | 1.49 | |
Glucose (mg/dL) | <100 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
≥100 | 0.002 | 1.7 | 1.22 | 2.37 | 0.05 | 1.5 | 1.01 | 2.22 | |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | <190 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
≥190 | 0.004 | 1.58 | 1.16 | 2.14 | 0.15 | 1.32 | 0.91 | 1.92 | |
Triglycerides (mg/dL) | <150 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
≥150 | 0.001 | 2.34 | 1.61 | 3.42 | 0.01 | 1.92 | 1.19 | 3.11 | |
Central obesity (cm) | <94 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
≥94 | 0.001 | 2.86 | 1.96 | 4.18 | 0.01 | 2.34 | 1.47 | 3.7 |
ABTS, abbreviation from the Portuguese 'Auto-Busca Tanque e Salvamento'; IL, Inferior Limit; OR, overall response; Other, activities corresponding to diving service, disaster surveillance, and civilians’ protection; UL, Upper Limit.