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. 2015 Jun 18;16:84. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0085-6

Table 3.

Association of chronic kidney disease status, albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and estimated glomerular filtration rate with measures of diastolic blood pressure variability

Chronic kidney disease status
Blood pressure variability measure No CKD CKD p-value
(n = 849) (n = 173)
Day-night standard deviation, mmHg
Mean ± standard error 8.0 ± 0.1 8.5 ± 0.2 0.004
Age, sex adjusted 0 (ref) 0.54 (0.17, 0.90) 0.004
Multivariable adjusted 1a 0 (ref) 0.43 (0.00, 0.85) 0.049
Multivariable adjusted 2b 0 (ref) 0.25 (−0.16, 0.66) 0.231
Average real variability, mmHg
Mean ± standard error 7.5 ± 0.1 7.9 ± 0.2 0.043
Age, sex adjusted 0 (ref) 0.37 (0.01, 0.72) 0.041
Multivariable adjusted 1a 0 (ref) 0.32 (−0.09, 0.72) 0.128
Multivariable adjusted 2b 0 (ref) 0.19 (−0.21, 0.59) 0.351
Albumin-to-creatinine ratio, mg/g
Blood pressure variability measure ACR < 30 ACR ≥ 30 p-value
(n = 885) (n = 137)
Day-night standard deviation, mmHg
Mean ± standard error 8.0 ± 0.1 8.6 ± 0.2 0.002
Age, sex adjusted 0 (ref) 0.64 (0.23, 1.06) 0.002
Multivariable adjusted 1a 0 (ref) 0.63 (0.13, 1.13) 0.013
Multivariable adjusted 2b 0 (ref) 0.39 (−0.10, 0.87) 0.122
Average real variability, mmHg
Mean ± standard error 7.5 ± 0.1 8.1 ± 0.2 0.011
Age, sex adjusted 0 (ref) 0.53 (0.13, 0.93) 0.010
Multivariable adjusted 1a 0 (ref) 0.57 (0.09, 1.05) 0.021
Multivariable adjusted 2b 0 (ref) 0.39 (−0.09, 0.87) 0.108
Estimated glomerular filtration rate, mL/min/1.73 m 2
Blood pressure variability measure eGFR ≥ 60 eGFR < 60 p-value
(n = 960) (n = 62)
Day-night standard deviation, mmHg
Mean ± standard error 8.1 ± 0.1 8.2 ± 0.3 0.572
Age, sex adjusted 0 (ref) 0.17 (−0.39, 0.72) 0.551
Multivariable adjusted 1a 0 (ref) 0.07 (−0.50, 0.64) 0.805
Multivariable adjusted 2b 0 (ref) 0.01 (−0.55, 0.56) 0.977
Average real variability, mmHg
Mean ± standard error 7.6 ± 0.1 7.5 ± 0.2 0.655
Age, sex adjusted 0 (ref) −0.13 (−0.66, 0.41) 0.641
Multivariable adjusted 1a 0 (ref) −0.19 (−0.75, 0.36) 0.487
Multivariable adjusted 2b 0 (ref) −0.24 (−0.78, 0.30) 0.384

CKD chronic kidney disease, ACR albumin-to-creatinine ratio, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate

aAdjusted for age, sex, education, income, smoking status, waist circumference, diabetes, history of stroke, history of myocardial infarction, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, c-reactive protein, statin use, and antihypertensive medication use

bAdjusted for above model 1 plus mean 24-h diastolic blood pressure