Table 2.

Regression coefficients from OLS-regressions of blood pressure regressed on sociodemographic characteristics and health behavior (n=2073).

	Systolic blood pressure	Diastolic blood pressure	Pulse pressure	Mean blood pressure
≤8 years of education1	−1.96	−1.12	−0.84	−1.40
≥12 years of education	−1.51	−0.19	−1.32	−0.63
Rural residence	0.63	0.85	−0.22	0.78
Living alone	−1.74	0.25	−1.99	−0.42
Female	−0.66	−0.55	−0.11	−0.58
70–74 years old2	0.65	−1.34	1.98	−0.68
75–79 years old	1.47	−3.22**	4.68**	−1.66
80–84 years old	5.17*	−2.71*	7.87***	−0.08
85–89 years old	5.37*	−4.42**	9.79***	−1.16
90+ years old	3.11	−4.25*	7.36**	−1.80
Antihypertensive medication	3.17**	0.14	3.03***	1.15
Former smoker3	−0.69	0.67	−1.35	0.22
Current smoker	0.83	0.62	0.21	0.69
Body mass index (kg/m2)	0.74***	0.33***	0.41**	0.47***
R2	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.02
df	14	14	14	14

¹9–11 years of education was used as the referent category

²68–69 was used as the referent category

³Non-smokers was used as the referent category