Table 4.

Recovery blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes, multivariable models

Blood Pressure Parameter	Cardiovascular disease events		Coronary heart disease events
Models using continuous blood pressure variables (per SD increment in BP)
Post-Exercise recovery Systolic BP	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	P-value
Age and sex-adjusted	1.33 (1.18–1.51)	<0.0001	1.30 (1.13–1.51)	0.0003
+ Rest Systolic BP and Diastolic BP	1.16 (0.99–1.35)	0.07	1.14 (0.95–1.36)	0.15
+ Multivariable	1.11 (0.95–1.31)	0.19	1.08 (0.90–1.29)	0.42
+ Exercise Tolerance Test Variables	1.16 (0.98–1.38)	0.09	1.12 (0.92–1.36)	0.26
Post-Exercise recovery Diastolic BP
Age and sex-adjusted	1.22 (1.06–1.40)	0.006	1.20 (1.02–1.41)	0.030
+ Rest Systolic BP and Diastolic BP	1.08 (0.92–1.27)	0.34	1.07 (0.89–1.28)	0.48
+ Multivariable	1.10 (0.94–1.29)	0.24	1.09 (0.91–1.30)	0.37
+ Exercise Tolerance Test Variables	1.08 (0.92–1.28)	0.35	1.03 (0.85–1.24)	0.80
Models using categorical blood pressure variables (>80th percentile)
Post-Exercise recovery Systolic BP	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	P-value
Age and sex-adjusted	1.56 (1.18–2.05)	0.002	1.58 (1.15–2.17)	0.004
+ Rest Systolic BP and Diastolic BP	1.11 (0.80–1.53)	0.53	1.17 (0.80–1.69)	0.42
+ Multivariable	1.03 (0.74–1.43)	0.88	1.03 (0.70–1.51)	0.89
+ Exercise Tolerance Test Variables	1.16 (0.81–1.66)	0.39	1.17 (0.78–1.76)	0.46
Post-Exercise recovery Diastolic BP
Age and sex-adjusted	1.75 (1.33–2.30)	<0.0001	1.79 (1.31–2.45)	0.0003
+ Rest Systolic BP and Diastolic BP	1.43 (1.04–1.97)	0.03	1.50 (1.04–2.17)	0.03
+ Multivariable	1.44 (1.04–2.00)	0.03	1.52 (1.04–2.21)	0.03
+ Exercise Tolerance Test Variables	1.53 (1.08–2.18)	0.02	1.58 (1.05–2.36)	0.03

ETT indicates Exercise Tolerance Test. Covariates included in the multivariable and ETT models are detailed in Table 3.