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. 2012 Jul 25;12:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-56

Table 3.

Relation between individual blood pressure and other risk factors, estimated by multi level linear regression*

  Women
Men
Systolic BP Diastolic BP Systolic BP Diastolic BP
Age (year)
0.65 (0.6; 0.7)
0.17 (0.1; 0.2)
0.57 (0.5; 0.6)
0.17 (0.1; 0.2)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
1.1 (0.7; 1.5)
0.7 (0.4; 0.9)
0.4 (−0.1; 1.0)
0.2 (−0.1; 0.5)
Waist (cm)
−0.04 (−0.2; 0.1)
0.04 (−0.1; 0.1)
0.3 (0.1; 0.4)
0.3 (0.2; 0.4)
Daily smoking (Yes vs. No)
−6.7 (−17.2; 3.7)
−0.1 (−5.8; 5.5)
−2.6 (−4.4; -0.9)
−1.5 (−2.5; -0.4)
Alcohol consumption (Heavy vs. No)
−6.0 (−25.8; 13.8)
−3.2 (−15.0; 8.6)
2.9 (1.1; 4.6)
2.2 (1.1; 3.2)
Physical Inactivity (Yes vs. No)
2.9 (0.8; 5.0)
1.3 (0.1; 2.4)
0.9 (−1.7; 3.5)
−0.7 (−2.1; 0.8)
Salty Diets (Yes vs. No)
−0.5 (−1.9; 1.0)
0.1 (−0.8; 0.9)
−1.3 (−3.0; 0.4)
−0.7 (−1.7; 0.3)
Intervention vs. Reference commune
−3.2 (−5.2; -1.1)
−5.4 (−6.6; -4.2)
−2.0 (−4.8; 1.0)
−4.4 (−6.1; -2.7)
Before vs. After 3-year intervention
−7.8 (−9.2; -6.3)
−0.5 (−1.3; 0.4)
−5.4 (−7.5; -3.2)
−0.1 (−1.4; 1.1)
Being treated in the programme on hypertension management
 
 
 
 
- Irregular vs. No
−6.1 (−10.5; -1.7)
0.1 (−2.5; 2.6)
−2.6 (−7.9; 2.7)
−1.0 (−4.0; 2.1)
- Regular vs. No −10.9 (−15.7; -6.0) −4.1 (−6.8; -1.3) −13.1 (−18.6; -7.6) −5.4 (−8.5; -2.3)

*also adjusted for occupation, education level and marital status.