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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neurol Scand. 2011 Feb 8;124(6):396–402. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01491.x

Table 4.

Results from Six Separate Logistic Regression Models on Incident Dementia by Various Blood Pressure Measures Adjusted for Age at Diagnosis, Gender, Education, and History of Smoking and Stroke Collected at Baseline.

Model
Number
Effect Odds Ratio 95% CI P-value
1 Hypertension 1.52 1.01–2.30 0.0450
2 Systolic BP, x 10 mmHg 1.09 1.03–1.16 0.0033*
3 Diastolic BP, x 10 mmHg 1.22 1.07–1.38 0.0021*
4 Pulse Pressure, x 10 mmHg 1.10 1.01–1.21 0.0278*
5 Systolic BP, mmHg 0.0502
  120–139 vs. <120 1.59 0.77–4.62 0.2119
  140–159 vs. <120 1.57 0.76–3.25 0.2219
  ≥160 vs. <120 2.36 1.20–4.62 0.0125*
6 Diastolic BP, mmHg 0.0109
  <70 vs. 70–79 0.73 0.38–1.42 0.3570
  80–89 vs. 70–79 0.84 0.47–1.51 0.5618
  ≥90 vs. 70–79 1.65 1.01–2.69 0.0469*
*

Statistically significant