Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2010 Dec 9;24(3):328–334. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2010.233

Table 3.

Incidence rates and hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of hypertension according to hemoglobin A1c clinical cutpoints

Hemoglobin A1c (%) Cases Crude Incidence Rate (cases/10,000 person-years) Age Adjusted Multivariable Model* Multivariable Model + BMI
<5.0 4813 453 1.0 1.0 1.0
5–5.5 4144 537 1.13 (1.09–1.18) 1.10 (1.05–1.15) 1.02 (0.97, 1.06)
5.5–6.0 400 684 1.36 (1.23–1.51) 1.36 (1.22–1.51) 1.11 (0.99, 1.24)
≥6 51 932 1.96 (1.49–2.58) 1.88 (1.42–2.50) 1.44 (1.08, 1.90)
p value for trend <.0001 <.0001 p=0.02
*

Adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, hormone use, high cholesterol, and parental history of myocardial infarction <60 years.