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. 2011 Sep 2;34(4):381–390. doi: 10.1159/000331067

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the study population and bivariate OR for the prevalence of hypertension

Characteristics By ABPM
By pre-HD BP
yes no OR (95% CI) p value yes no OR (95% CI) p value
Patients, n 303 (82%) 66 (18%) 328 (91%) 34 (9%)
Age, years 54.2±12.5 57.5±14.2 0.98 (0.96–1.00) 0.06 54.5±12.7 58.5±13.9 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.09
Males 198 (65%) 42 (64%) 1.08 (0.62–1.88) 0.8 212 (65%) 23 (68%) 0.87 (0.41–1.86) 0.7
Racial category
 Non-African-American 49 (16%) 8 (12%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 53 (16%) 2 (6%) 1.00 (réf. cat.)
 African-American 254 (84%) 58 (88%) 0.71 (0.32–1.59) 0.4 275 (84%) 32 (94%) 0.32 (0.08–1.39) 0.1
History of smoking 0.6 0.4
 Current 99 (33%) 21 (32%) 1.18 (0.61–2.27) 0.6 104 (32%) 14 (41%) 0.80 (0.35–1.85) 0.6
 Past 102 (34%) 18 (27%) 1.42 (0.72–2.79) 0.3 110 (34%) 8 (24%) 1.48 (0.57–3.83) 0.4
 Never 92 (30%) 23 (35%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 102 (31%) 11 (32%) 1.00 (réf. cat.)
History of cardiovascular disease 104 (34%) 24 (36%) 0.86 (0.49–1.51) 0.6 114 (35%) 11 (32%) 1.03 (0.48–2.21) 0.9
History of diabetes mellitus 153 (50%) 27 (41%) 1.41 (0.82–2.43) 0.2 167 (51%) 12 (35%) 1.83 (0.87–3.83) 0.1
 < 1 year on dialysis 117 (39%) 17 (26%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 0.1 126 (38%) 4 (12%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) <0.01
 1–4 years on dialysis 111 (37%) 24 (36%) 0.67 (0.34–1.32) 0.2 121 (37%) 14 (41%) 0.27 (0.09–0.86) 0.03
 ≥4 years on dialysis 74 (24%) 23 (35%) 0.47 (0.23–0.93) 0.03 80 (24%) 15 (44%) 0.17 (0.05–0.53) <0.01
Pre-HD weight, kg 83.8±19.5 89.2±23.1 0.99 (0.97–1.00) 0.05 84.8±20.3 84.4±19.9 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 0.9
Post-HD weight, kg 80.7±18.7 85.5±22.5 0.99 (0.97–1.00) 0.07 81.8±19.6 81.8±19.2 1.00 (0.98–1.02) 1
BMI 27.4±5.7 29.1±6.4 0.95 (0.91–1.00) 0.04 27.7±5.9 27.8±5.9 1.00 (0.94–1.06) 0.9
Etiology of end-stage renal disease
 Diabetes mellitus 110 (36%) 18 (27%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 0.5 119 (36%) 8 (24%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 0.5
 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis 144 (48%) 31 (47%) 0.76 (0.40–1.43) 0.4 153 (47%) 18 (53%) 0.57 (0.24–1.36) 0.2
 Glomerulonephritis 16 (5%) 3 (5%) 0.87 (0.23–3.30) 0.8 16 (5%) 3 (9%) 0.36 (0.09–1.49) 0.2
 Adult autosomal polycystic kidney disease 4 (1%) 2 (3%) 0.33 (0.06–1.92) 0.2 5 (2%) 1 (3%) 0.34 (0.03–3.23) 0.3
 Other 25 (8%) 8 (12%) 0.51 (0.20–1.31) 0.2 30 (9%) 2 (6%) 1.01 (0.20–5.00) 1
Urea reduction ratio, % 74.3±7.3 74.5±7.8 1.00 (0.96–1.04) 0.8 74.2±7.5 74.8±5.4 0.99 (0.94–1.04) 0.7
Serum albumin, g/dl 3.7±0.4 3.6±0.4 1.55 (0.84–2.85) 0.2 3.7±0.4 3.6±0.4 1.49 (0.64–3.43) 0.4
Hemoglobin, g/dl 12.1±1.4 12.0±1.7 1.07 (0.89–1.29) 0.5 12.1±1.4 12.1±1.8 1.01 (0.78–1.31) 0.9
Antihypertensive medications 270 (89%) 0 266 (81%) 0
 0 antihypertensives 33 (11%) 63 (95%) 61 (19%) 33 (97%)
 1 antihypertensive 68 (22%) 0 66 (20%) 0
 2 antihypertensives 86 (28%) 0 86 (26%) 0
 3 antihypertensives 57 (19%) 0 55 (17%) 0
 ≥4 antihypertensives 59 (19%) 0 59 (18%) 0
Aspirin use 135 (45%) 20 (30%) 1.77 (0.99–3.14) 0.05 140 (43%) 11 (32%) 1.57 (0.74–3.32) 0.2
Statin use 131 (43%) 20 (30%) 1.68 (0.94–2.98) 0.08 136 (41%) 12 (35%) 1.31 (0.62–2.73) 0.5
Vitamin D receptor activator use 108 (36%) 18 (27%) 1.42 (0.78–2.56) 0.3 115 (35%) 10 (29%) 1.30 (0.60–2.82) 0.5
Epoetin use 165 (54%) 21 (32%) 2.45 (1.39–4.32) <0.01 172 (52%) 11 (32%) 2.32 (1.10–4.91) 0.03
By post-HD BP
Total
yes no OR (95% CI) p value
313 (86%) 49 (14%) 369 (100%)
54.4±12.7 58.0±13.9 0.98 (0.96–1.00) 0.07 54.8112.9
204 (65%) 31 (63%) 1.09 (0.58–2.03) 0.8 240 (65%)
51 (16%) 4 (8%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 57 (15%)
262 (84%) 45 (92%) 0.46 (0.16–1.33) 0.1 312 (85%)
0.6
100 (32%) 18 (37%) 0.98 (0.48–2.02) 1 120 (33%)
105 (34%) 13 (27%) 1.43 (0.66–3.10) 0.4 120 (33%)
96 (31%) 17 (35%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 115 (31%)
108 (35%) 17 (35%) 0.94 (0.50–1.79) 0.9 128 (35%)
162 (52%) 17 (35%) 1.97 (1.05–3.70) 0.04 180 (49%)
122 (39%) 8 (16%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) <0.01 134 (36%)
117 (37%) 18 (37%) 0.43 (0.18–1.02) 0.05 135 (37%)
73 (23%) 22 (45%) 0.22 (0.09–0.51) <0.001 97 (26%)
84.4±20.3 87.2120.2 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.4 84.8120.2
81.4±19.5 84.3119.5 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.3 81.5119.5
27.5±5.8 29.216.2 0.95 (0.91–1.00) 0.07 27.715.9
114 (36%) 13 (27%) 1.00 (réf. cat.) 0.6 128 (35%)
143 (46%) 28 (57%) 0.58 (0.29–1.18) 0.1 175 (47%)
16 (5%) 3 (6%) 0.61 (0.16–2.37) 0.5 19 (5%)
5 (2%) 1 (2%) 0.57 (0.06–5.26) 0.6 6 (2%)
29 (9%) 3 (6%) 1.10 (0.29–4.13) 0.9 33 (9%)
74.3±7.4 74.116.6 1.00 (0.96–1.05) 0.9 74.31 7.4
3.7±0.4 3.610.4 1.45 (0.72–2.93) 0.3 3.710.4
12.1±1.4 12.311.8 0.93 (0.75–1.15) 0.5 12.111.5
266 (85%) 0 270 (73%)
46 (15%) 48 (98%) 96 (26%)
66 (21%) 0 68 (18%)
86 (27%) 0 86 (23%)
55 (18%) 0 57 (15%)
59 (19%) 0 59 (16%)
137 (44%) 14 (29%) 1.96 (1.01–3.78) 0.05 155 (42%)
132 (42%) 16 (33%) 1.51 (0.80–2.86) 0.2 151 (41%)
110 (35%) 15 (31%) 1.23 (0.64–2.37) 0.5 126 (34%)
167 (53%) 16 (33%) 2.38 (1.26–4.49) <0.01 186 (50%)

Pre-and postdialysis BP recordings were missing in 7 patients.