. 2011 Apr 15;6(4):e18536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018536

Table 3. Associations between the plasma Aß_1-42/A ß_1-40 ratio and hypertension.

	A ß_1-42/A ß_1-40 z-score
Risk of hypertension	1^st tertile	2^nd tertile	3^rd tertile	p
Whole sample	1.00 (ref)	0.81 (0.65–1.03)	0.71 (0.56–0.90)	0.004
>69 years of age	1.00 (ref)	0.69 (0.49–0.98)	0.53 (0.37–0.75)	0.0003

The odds ratio (95% CI) for hypertension (n = 914) was adjusted for age, gender, centre, smoking status, total cholesterol z-score, HDL z-score, creatinine z-score and BMI z-score.

Table 3. Associations between the plasma Aß 1-42/A ß1-40 ratio and hypertension.

Table 3. Associations between the plasma Aß_1-42/A ß_1-40 ratio and hypertension.