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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2014 Oct 6;65(1):70–77. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04193

Table 4.

Linear Regression of Imputed Systolic Blood Pressure By Periodic Limb Movements Indices

Systolic Blood Pressure; Estimate (95% Confidence Interval)
Group Unadjusted p-value Minimally Adjusted p-value Fully Adjusted p-value
PLMI (10 unit)
By Race Overall 0.65 (0.00,1.30) 0.05 0.09 (−0.51,0.70) 0.70 0.08 (−0.28,0.87) 0.87
African-American 1.53 (0.06,2.99) 0.04 1.05 (−0.39,2.50) 0.051 1.26 (−0.21,2.73) 0.09
Caucasian 0.54 (−0.39,1.47) 0.25 −0.07 (−0.98,0.84) 0.72 −0.08 (−0.98,0.82) 0.86
Hispanic 0.35 (−0.88,1.58) 0.57 −0.22 (−1.39,0.96) 0.052 −0.21 (−1.39,0.96) 0.71
Chinese-American 2.23 (0.41,4.05) 0.02 1.04 (−0.65,2.73) 0.07 1.01 (−0.69,2.71) 0.24
PLMAI (1 unit)
By Race Overall 0.52 (0.06,0.97) 0.03 0.19 (−0.23,0.62) 0.37 0.35 (−0.09,0.79) 0.12
African-American 1.07 (0.09,2.04) 0.03 0.84 (−0.11,1.79) 0.08 1.01 (0.04,1.98) 0.04
Caucasian 0.32 (−0.28,0.93) 0.29 −0.02 (−0.60,0.56) 0.94 −0.01 (−0.59,0.58) 0.98
Hispanic 0.50 (−0.30,1.30) 0.22 0.14 (−0.62,0.90) 0.71 0.20 (−0.62,1.01) 0.63
Chinese-American 1.71 (0.33,3.08) 0.02 0.88 (−0.40,2.16) 0.17 0.82 (−0.50,2.14) 0.22

Minimal adjustment included covariates gender, age and BMI.

Full adjustment included covariates gender, age, BMI, race/ethnicity, education, income, smoking status, alcohol use, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, depression scale, exercise scale (log transform), AHI, and arousal index.

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