Table 7.
Blood pressure and HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L ± SD, adjusted for age, gender, and diabetes).
| Total (N = 11, 849) |
Northern Europe (N = 3, 787) |
Southern Europe (N = 4, 924) |
North America (N = 909) |
Middle East (N = 477) |
Asia (N = 1, 752) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBP (mmHg) | |||||||
| <120 | 1.3 (0.025) | 1.4 (0.051) | 1.2 (0.044) | 1.4 (0.065) | 1.1 (0.135) | 1.3 (0.053) | 0.0498 |
| 120–139 | 1.3 (0.008) | 1.4 (0.015) | 1.3 (0.012) | 1.3 (0.024) | 1.1 (0.054) | 1.3 (0.018) | <0.0001 |
| 140–159 | 1.3 (0.007) | 1.5 (0.011) | 1.3 (0.010) | 1.3 (0.024) | 1.2 (0.034) | 1.3 (0.017) | <0.0001 |
| 160–179 | 1.3 (0.009) | 1.4 (0.014) | 1.3 (0.014) | 1.3 (0.035) | 1.1 (0.035) | 1.3 (0.025) | <0.0001 |
| ≥180 | 1.3 (0.016) | 1.5 (0.025) | 1.2 (0.026) | 1.3 (0.070) | 1.0 (0.059) | 1.3 (0.045) | <0.0001 |
| P value | 0.3309 | 0.0558 | 0.1317 | 0.3366 | 0.6608 | 0.7711 | |
| DBP (mmHg) | |||||||
| <90 | 1.3 (0.005) | 1.4 (0.010) | 1.3 (0.009) | 1.3 (0.017) | 1.2 (0.038) | 1.3 (0.014) | <0.0001 |
| 90–99 | 1.3 (0.007) | 1.4 (0.012) | 1.3 (0.011) | 1.3 (0.033) | 1.2 (0.033) | 1.3 (0.020) | <0.0001 |
| 100–109 | 1.3 (0.011) | 1.4 (0.016) | 1.2 (0.014) | 1.3 (0.047) | 1.1 (0.034) | 1.2 (0.024) | <0.0001 |
| ≥110 | 1.3 (0.033) | 1.6 (0.057) | 1.2 (0.052) | 1.4 (0.208) | 1.0 (0.114) | 1.2 (0.102) | <0.0001 |
| P value | 0.0222 | 0.0013 | 0.0904 | 0.7721 | 0.0188 | 0.6265 | |
| RR (mmHg) | |||||||
| uncontrolled* | 1.3 (0.006) | 1.5 (0.008) | 1.3 (0.008) | 1.3 (0.019) | 1.1 (0.022) | 1.3 (0.013) | <0.0001 |
| controlled** | 1.3 (0.006) | 1.4 (0.016) | 1.3 (0.013) | 1.3 (0.023) | 1.1 (0.054) | 1.3 (0.019) | <0.0001 |
| P value | 0.1340 | 0.0916 | 0.1632 | 0.9361 | 0.8361 | 0.8030 |
*SBP/DBP ≥140/90 in non-diabetic and ≥130/80 in diabetic patients, **<140/90 in non-diabetic and <130/80 in diabetic patients.