Table 3.

Association of incarceration history before 1987 with left ventricular hypertrophy in 1990–91 at age 23–35^*

	Unadjusted		Adjusted for demographic characteristics, clinical risk factors and illicit drug use†		Adjusted for demographic characteristics, clinical risk factors, illicit drug use, and measure of socioeconomic status‡
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P- value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P-value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P-value
All Participants (N=3688)	3.8 (1.4, 10.1)	0.009	2.5 (0.8, 7.3)	0.1	2.7 (0.9, 7.9)	0.08
Black men (N=760)	2.6 (0.6–10.6)	0.2	4.3 (0.9–20.0)	0.07	6.0 (1.2–31.0)	0.03
Participants with high school education or less (N=1364)	4.8 (1.6, 14.4)	0.006	4.3 (1.0, 17.3)	0.04	4.3 (1.0, 17.3)	0.04

^*This analysis included only participants who were not hypertensive at baseline. The areas under the curve for models including all participants ranged from 0.69–0.82.

^†Traditional clinical risk factors for hypertension include body mass index, smoking, and excessive alcohol consumption; illicit drugs includes cocaine and amphetamine use.

^‡Socioeconomic status is defined by family income.