Table 2.
Cross‐Sectional Association Between Predictors and an IADSBP ≥10 mm Hg
| Full Model | Reduced Model | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P Value | OR | 95% CI | P Value | |||
| Pulse wave velocity, m/s | 1.24 | 1.05 | 1.48 | .01 | 1.19 | 1.01 | 1.38 | .03 |
| Age, y | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.01 | .31 | ||||
| Male sex | 0.40 | 0.19 | 0.83 | .01 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.68 | .003 |
| African American race | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.76 | .01 | 0.32 | 0.14 | 0.76 | .01 |
| Heart rate, beats per min | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.04 | .59 | ||||
| Smoking, ever | 0.56 | 0.29 | 1.11 | .10 | ||||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.23 | <.0001 | 1.16 | 1.09 | 1.23 | <.0001 |
| Antihypertensive drugs | 0.69 | 0.35 | 1.38 | .30 | ||||
| Systolic BP | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.03 | .63 | ||||
| Diabetes | 2.68 | 1.34 | 5.36 | .005 | 2.42 | 1.26 | 4.66 | .01 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.01 | .78 | ||||
| HDL cholesterol, mg/dL | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.00 | .09 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.99 | .03 |
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; IADSBP, inter‐arm difference in systolic blood pressure; OR, odds ratio.