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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2008 Feb 21;21(4):10.1038/ajh.2008.4. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2008.4

Table 3.

Multivariable Cox regression analysis predicting incident cardiovascular events

A. Diabetes
Covariates
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7
Clinic SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.20*
(1.02-1.41)
0.95
(0.76-1.17)
0.92
(0.74-1.16)
1.01
(0.83-1.23)
0.93
(0.74-1.16)
1.20*
(1.02-1.41)
1.18
(1.00-1.40)
24-hour SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.44**
(1.15-1.80)
Awake SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.48**
(1.16-1.89)
1.29
(0.92-1.82)
Sleep SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.32**
(1.10-1.58)
1.15
(0.90-1.47)
Non-dipping
(yes=1, no=0)
1.85
(0.85-4.05)
Non-dipper vs.
dipper
1.60
(0.67-3.83)
Riser vs. dipper 2.55
(0.88-7.33)
−2log likelihood 270.5 261.4 261.4 262.3 260.1 268.0 267.4
  χ 2 - 9.1 9.1 8.2 10.4 2.5 3.1
P value - 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.11 0.08
B. Non-diabetes
Covariatess
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7
Clinic SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.18**
(1.05-1.33)
1.03
(0.88-1.20)
1.07
(0.92-1.25)
1.09
(0.94-1.25)
1.06
(0.91-1.23)
1.18**
(1.05-1.33)
1.17*
(1.04-1.32)
24-hour SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.32**
(1.10-1.58)
Awake SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.19*
(1.01-1.40)
1.10
(0.90-1.34)
Sleep SBP
(10 mmHg)
1.20*
(1.03-1.39)
1.14
(0.95-1.37)
Non-dipping
(yes=1, no=0)
1.30
(0.79-2.11)
Non-dipper vs.
dipper
1.04
(0.61-1.80)
Riser vs. dipper 2.39*
(1.23-4.65)
−2log likelihood 845.0 835.7 840.0 839.3 838.4 843.9 838.8
  χ 2 - 9.3 5.0 5.7 6.6 1.1 6.2
P value - 0.002 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.29 0.01

Values are hazard ratios (95% CI), per 10 mmHg difference in SBP.

*

P<0.05,

**

P<0.01,

***

P<0.001

SBP indicates systolic blood pressure.

Non-dipping includes true non-dippers and risers. Each model was adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking, and serum creatinine. Comparison of log-likelihood functions, based on chi-square distribution are shown as −2 log likelihood and χ2 in the bottom of each model. The −2 log likelihood and χ2 indicate improvement vs. Model 1 for clinic SBP. The p-values indicate for the improvements in the model when awake and/or sleep ambulatory BP are added to the equations, which were highly significant, and their significance levels were essentially the same as those of the regression estimate for the ABP measure.