Table 4.
Cardiovascular risk factors: comparison between hypertensive diabetic and nondiabetic patients.
| Risk factors | Hypertensive nondiabetic n = 882 |
Hypertensive diabetic n = 312 |
OR (IC 95%) n = 1,194 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average age (years) | 62.9 ± 14.0 | 64.0 ± 12.2 | — |
| Percentage % (CI 95%) | |||
| Blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg | 38.0 (34.7–41.2) | 46.8 (41.3–52.3)* | 1.41 (1.08–1.84) |
| Blood pressure ≥ 130/80 mmHg | 75.1 (72.2–77.9) | 78.5 (73.9–83.0)* | 1.19 (0.87–1.62) |
| Total cholesterol 200–239 mg/dL | 36.5 (33.1–39.8) | 32.6 (27.1–38.0)* | 0.84 (0.63–1.12) |
| Total cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dL | 23.9 (21.0–26.9) | 20.7 (15.9–25.4)* | 0.83 (0.60–1.17) |
| HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dL | 19.3 (16.5–22.0) | 32.4 (26.6–37.5)* | 2.03 (1.45–2.85) |
| Overweight (BMI 25.0– 29.0 Kg/m2) | 40.7 (37.5–43.9) | 35.3 (30.0–40.6)* | 0.78 (0.59–1.01) |
| Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 Kg/m2) | 39.5 (36.3–42.7) | 51.9 (46.3–57.4)* | 1.79 (1.37–2.38) |
| Low education (<8 years)† | 39.3 (35.1–43.5) | 44.5 (37.8–51.2)* | 1.34 (1.32–1.38) |
| Smoking†† | 18.3 (15.7–20.8) | 16.1 (12.0–20.2)* | 1.51 (1.47–1.55) |
OR refers to odds ratio adjusted by age and gender; the reference group is hypertensive nondiabetic; †the category for nonresponse (38%) is included in multivariate analyses; ††OR estimated for the category of daily smoker, including the category for nonresponse in multivariate analyses; *P < 0.01 for comparison with nondiabetic hypertensive patients.