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Table 2 Risk factors for incident hypertension

From: Validation of age- and sex-dependent association of uric acid and incident hypertension in rural areas

Variable

Crude

Adjusteda)

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Sex (vs. male)

 Female

1.00 (0.84–1.18)

0.97

1.23 (0.81–2.28)

0.41

Age (vs. 40–64)

 Over 65 years old

1.59 (1.35–1.87)

< 0.05

1.26 (1.02–1.56)

< 0.05

Smoking status (vs. non-smoker)

 Ex-smoker

1.17 (0.91–1.50)

0.22

1.21 (0.84–1.73)

0.30

 Current smoker

0.96 (0.74–1.26)

0.79

1.19 (0.83–1.71)

0.33

Drinking status (vs. non-drinker)

 Ex-drinker

1.00 (0.71–1.41)

0.99

0.83 (0.53–1.30)

0.41

 Current drinker

1.01 (0.85–1.19)

0.93

0.98 (0.79–1.22)

0.85

Body mass index (kg/m2)

1.05 (1.03–1.08)

< 0.05

1.01 (0.98–1.05)

0.48

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

1.07 (1.06–1.08)

< 0.05

1.07 (1.05–1.08)

< 0.05

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

1.05 (1.04–1.06)

< 0.05

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

0.43

Diabetes mellitus

1.37 (1.07–1.75)

< 0.05

1.10 (0.83–1.47)

0.51

Dyslipidemia

1.29 (1.08–1.54)

< 0.05

1.06 (0.85–1.32)

0.60

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

1.79 (1.40–2.28)

< 0.05

1.24 (0.92–1.67)

0.16

Serum uric acid (mg/dL)

1.13 (1.06–1.19)

< 0.05

1.10 (1.02–1.20)

< 0.05

  1. CI confidence interval, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate
  2. a)Hazard ratios were estimated with adjustments for age, sex, baseline systolic and diastolic blood pressures, diabetes, dyslipidemia, body mass index, estimated glomerular filtration rate, drinking status, smoking status, and serum uric acid level