Table 2.

Determinants of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in a multivariate linear regression model in men (n = 730)

Blood pressure	Risk variable	β ± s.e.	P-value
Systolic	Age (years)	0·026 ± 0·101	0·800
	Body mass index (kg/m2)	0·868 ± 0·161	<0·001
	HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	3·215 ± 2·027	0·113
	Triglycerides (mmol/l)	7·840 ± 2·955	0·008
	Insulin (mU/l)	6·898 ± 2·553	0·007
	C-reactive protein (mg/l)	1·452 ± 1·092	0·184
	Smoking (daily)	−3·147 ± 1·098	0·004
	Non-manual occupation	−2·438 ± 0·991	0·014
	Alcohol (no. drinks per week)	0·087 ± 0·049	0·075
	High CMV antibody (titre)	2·367 ± 1·084	0·029
		R2 = 0·181
Diastolic	Age (years)	0·385 ± 0·063	<0·001
	Body mass index (kg/m2)	0·431 ± 0·099	<0·001
	HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	3·895 ± 1·252	0·002
	Triglycerides (mmol/l)	8·742 ± 1·825	<0·001
	Insulin (mU/l)	5·387 ± 1·577	0·001
	C-reactive protein (mg/l)	0·928 ± 0·674	0·169
	Smoking (daily)	−2·114 ± 0·678	0·002
	Non-manual occupation	−2·151 ± 0·612	<0·001
	Alcohol (no. drinks per week)	0·095 ± 0·030	0·002
	High CMV antibody (titre)	1·927 ± 0·669	0·004
		R2 = 0·275

High CMV antibody (titre); CMV antibody titres were parameterized with a dummy variable comparing the highest quartile with the bottom three quartiles combined. HDL: high-density lipoprotein; CMV: cytomegalovirus.