Table 4 Association of ECF and ECF/BMI with hypertension per s.d. of thema

From: Extracellular fluid adjusted for body size is contracted in hypertension

 

Women (n=1365)

Men (n=1569)

 

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P

ECF

 Age adjustment

1.51 (1.20–1.89)

<0.001

1.31 (1.13–1.51)

<0.001

 Age and BMI adjustment

1.08 (0.83–1.40)

0.568

0.94 (0.79–1.12)

0.495

 Age, BMI and multivariable adjustmentb

1.05 (0.78–1.40)

0.758

0.97 (0.79–1.19)

0.740

ECF/BMI

 Age adjustment

0.73 (0.60–0.89)

0.002

0.73 (0.63–0.85)

<0.001

 Age and multivariable adjustmentb

0.70 (0.56–0.87)

0.002

0.72 (0.60–0.86)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; ECF, extracellular fluid.
  2. aECF and ECF/BMI have been standardized to a mean of 0 and s.d. of 1 to facilitate comparison.
  3. bincludes pulse rate, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, hypertension treatment, diabetes treatment and lipid-lowering therapy. But smoking is only used for women and pulse rate is only used for men.
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