Table 4.

Incident hypertension at year 3 follow-up in Hispanic women who were normotensive or prehypertensive at enrollment

Characteristic	OR (95% CI)	P value
Education
Less than high school	1.0 (reference)
High school diploma or GED, vocational or training school	1.3 (1.0–1.7)	0.07
Some college or associate degree	1.3 (0.9–1.7)	0.13
College graduate and above	1.1 (0.8–1.5)	0.65
P trend	0.90
Age at WHI enrollment, y
50–64	1.0 (reference)
65–79	2.0 (1.6–2.5)	<0.001
Body mass index, kg/m2, year 3
<25	1.0 (reference)
25 to <30	1.6 (1.3–2.1)	<0.001
≥30	2.2 (1.7–2.9)	<0.001
P trend	<0.001
Family history of diabetes, stroke, MI, no. of conditions at baseline, 0–3	1.1 (1.0–1.2)	0.04
History of high cholesterol requiring pills, year 3	1.5 (1.1–2.0)	<0.01
Treated diabetes, pills or shots, year 3	1.6 (1.2–2.2)	<0.01
History of cardiovascular disease, year 3	1.6 (1.2–2.2)	<0.01
No health insurance coverage, ascertained at baseline	1.4 (1.0–1.8)	0.03
Current smoker, year 3	0.6 (0.4–1,0)	0.04
Total energy expenditure/week, year 3, MET-hours
0 to <3.0	1.0 (reference)
3.0 to <11.75	0.8 (0.7–1.1)	0.17
≥11.75	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	0.75
P trend	0.74
Alcohol intake
Nondrinker	1.0 (reference)
Past drinker	1.0 (0.7–1.4)	0.94
<7 drinks per week	0.9 (0.7–1.2)	0.35
≥7 drinks per week	0.9 (0.5–1.5)	0.68
Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit	P = 0.48
Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve	0.6480

Data were obtained from a multivariable logistic regression analysis based on women with complete covariable data who were normotensive or prehypertensive at Women’s Health Initiative enrollment (n = 2,706).

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GED, General Education Development; MET, metabolic equivalent; MI, myocardial infarction; OR, odds ratio; WHI, Women’s Health Initiative.