Table 4.

Odd ratio after adjustment for confounding factors (sex, age, duration of hypertension and history of diabetes mellitus).

	Grouping	N(%)	OR(95% CI)	P- value	P for trend
	control group	60(41.7)	1(Reference)	⎯⎯	⎯⎯
Carotid plaque	indeterminate post-SIT results group	139(49.3)	1.73 (1.11, 2.69)	0.015
	PA group	62(52.5)	1.86 (1.08,3.18)	0.024
	control group	5(3.5)	1(Reference)	⎯⎯	<0.001
Renal impairment	indeterminate post-SIT results group	16(5.7)	1.35 (0.47,3.88)	0.583
	PA group	32(27.1)	8.15(2.96,22.41)	<0.001
Left ventricular hypertrophy	control group	18(12.5)	1(Reference)	⎯⎯	<0.001
	indeterminate post-SIT results group	25(8.9)	0.81 (0.42,1.57)	0.536
	PA group	28(23.7)	2.69 (1.34,5.39)	0.005

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.