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Table 2 Parameter estimates in general linear model showing the factors contributing to casual and ambulatory BPs in mmHg

From: Relationship between nocturnal blood pressure and 24-h urinary sodium excretion in a rural population in Korea

Variable

Casual BP (mmHg)

Ambulatory BP (mmHg)

SBP

DBP

Daytime BP

Nighttime BP

SBP

DBP

SBP

DBP

Sodium intake

      

  Age

−0.036

−0.131

0.038

0.003

0.072

0.002

  Sex

−7.880*

−5.321*

0.157

−0.720

−3.539

−4.660*

  Sodium (g)

0.303

−0.041

0.673

0.287

1.573*

1.036*

  MetS score

3.313*

2.771*

1.317

1.421*

2.604*

1.474*

  Rsq

0.134

0.145

0.031

0.051

0.127

0.169

Sodium potassium ratio

      

  Age

−0.048

−0.163

0.044

0.031

0.107

0.023

  Sex

−8.434*

−5.915*

−0.518

−1.017

−4.757

−5.516*

  Na/K

−0.416

−0.994

0.081

0.018

0.844

0.459

  MetS score

3.398*

2.889*

1.391

1.454*

2.702*

1.549*

  Rsq

0.134

0.153

0.017

0.045

0.077

0.115

  1. BP blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MetS score the summed number of abnormal criteria for metabolic syndrome except for BP, Rsq R-squared, Na/K sodium potassium ratio.
  2. *p < 0.05.