Table 2.

Predictors of Systolic Blood Pressure level and Risk of Hypertension (β± SE), N=278.

Predictors	Systolic Blood Pressure		Hypertension
	β± SE	P value	β± SE	P value
Model 1: Sex
Female	-6.39±2.03	0.0018	-0.23±0.29	0.6696
Male	(referent)		(referent)
Model 2: Age	0.30±0.05	<0.0001	0.04±0.01	<0.0001
Model 3: BMI	0.71±0.15	<0.0001	0.10±0.02	<0.0001
Model 4: Occupation
No Work/retired	6.41±2.30	0.0056	-0.12±0.48	0.0614
Manual/non-office	2.68±2.32	0.2486	0.36±0.44	0.6776
Office job	(referent)		(referent)
Model 5: Ethnicity
Afro-Caribbean	5.74±2.71	0.0352	0.91±0.36	0.0118
Caucasian	4.70±2.59	0.0709	0.25±0.35	0.4698
Other/Mixed	(referent)		(referent)
Model 6: Sex, Age, BMI
Sex (F)	-6.47±1.92	0.0009	-0.51±0.43	0.2287
Age	0.28±0.05	<0.0001	0.04±0.01	<0.0001
BMI	0.71±0.14	<0.0001	0.12±0.02	<0.0001
Model 7: Occupation, Sex, Age, BMI
No work/Retired	2.05±2.34	0.3832	-0.15±0.60	0.8043
Manual/non-office	3.24±2.13	0.1305	0.50±0.49	0.3030
Sex (F)	-6.32±1.93	0.0012	-0.45±0.43	0.2903
Age	0.27±0.06	<0.0001	0.04±0.01	<0.0001
BMI	0.73±0.14	<0.0001	0.12±0.03	<0.0001
Model 8: Ethnicity, Sex, Age, BMI
Afro-Carib	1.32±2.57	0.6080	-0.42±0.42	0.3163
Caucasian	1.38±2.39	0.5651	0.08±0.40	0.8390
Sex (F)	-6.38±1.96	0.0013	0.52±0.32	0.1004
Age	0.27±0.05	<0.0001	-0.04±0.01	<0.0001
BMI	0.71±0.14	<0.0001	-0.11±0.02	<0.0001