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Table 3 Factors associated to cognitive impairment

From: Cognitive impairment and hypertension in older adults living in extreme poverty: a cross-sectional study in Peru

	Bivariate analysis			Multiple regression^a
	PR	95% CI	p	PR	95% CI	p
Age (years)			<0.001			<0.001
65–70	Ref.			Ref.
71–80	4.04	2.08–7.85		3.55	1.82–6.94
Gender			0.001			0.097
Female	Ref.			Ref.
Male	0.43	0.26–0.71		0.59	0.32–1.10
Educational level			0.026			0.569
None	Ref.			Ref.
Primary or superior	0.4	0.18–0.90		0.78	0.34–1.82
Occupation			<0.001			<0.001
No	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	0.24	0.14–0.44		0.27	0.14–0.54
Area			0.020			0.003
Urban	Ref.			Ref.
Rural	2.07	1.12–3.83		2.65	1.40–5.00
Hypertension			0.337			0.177
No	Ref.			Ref.
Yes	0.72	0.37–1.40		0.64	0.33–1.23

^aAdjusted for all the variables

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