Table 3.

Bivariate linear regression analysis with diastolic blood pressure as dependent variable

Variable	β-coefficient	Std. error	P	95% CI
Age	0.09	0.59	0.481	−0.76 – 1.60
Gender	−0.13	1.87	0.303	−5.66 – 1.80
Mother country of birth (not Sweden)	0.42	3.16	0.056	−0.15 – 12.48
Father country of birth (not Sweden)	−0.34	3.16	0.116	−11.37 – 1.29
BMI-sds	0.07	0.85	0.593	−1.25 – 2.15
PD ≥4 mm	0.33	0.98	0.008	1.69 – 10-69
Presence of dental calculus
Supragingival	−0.02	1.92	0.901	−4.07 – 3.59
Subgingival	0.05	1.17	0.669	−1.8 – 2.84
VPI (>25)%	0.02	2.11	0.861	−3.85 – 4.59
BOP (>25%)	0.06	2.07	0.662	−3.23 – 5.05
IL-1β (pg/ml)	−0.16	0.29	0.301	−0.89 – 0.28
IL-6 (pg/ml)	−0.01	0.04	0.993	−0.08 – 0.09
IL-8 (pg/ml)	−0.25	0.01	0.072	−0.04 – 0.01
Leptin (ng/ml)	0.08	0.01	0.581	−0.01 – 0.01
TNF-α (pg/ml)	0.04	0.33	0.793	−0.58 – 0.75
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	−0.09	0.01	0.491	−0.01 – 0.01
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	−0.23	1.25	0.065	−4.87 – 0.15
LDL/HDL quotient	−0.10	1.42	0.460	−3.90 – 1.79
Hba1c (mmol/mol)	−0.03	2.15	0.823	−4.78 – 3.81
CRP (mg/l)	−0.012	0.23	0.924	−0.49 – 0.45
TSH (mlU/l)	−0.01	0.54	0.960	−1.10 – 1.05
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.44	0.09	<0.001	0.16 – 0.53