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. 2016 Feb 3;11(2):e0148307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148307

Table 3. General linear mixed model estimates for diastolic blood pressure over 6-year.

Effects All Healthya At riskb Hypertensionc
(n = 1365) (n = 342) (n = 774) (n = 249)
Fixed Effects
 Intercept 57.03 (2.82)ƚ 55.46 (4.48)ƚ 86.26 (3.27)ƚ 87.64 (9.40)ƚ
 Time -0.22 (0.09)* 0.88 (0.17)ƚ -0.56 (0.10)ƚ -1.76 (0.35)ƚ
 Age at baseline -0.06 (0.04) -0.02 (0.07) -0.03 (0.05) -0.12 (0.14)
 Gender (Male) 3.27 (0.61)ƚ 2.73 (0.98)* 1.70 (0.70)* 2.61(1.95)
 Ethnicity
  Malay 1.77 (1.51) 2.77 (2.31) 0.56 (1.11) 1.40 (5.45)
  Chinese Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Indian 1.05 (1.66) 2.52 (2.46) 2.26 (1.90) 0.28 (5.81)
  Others 0.13 (1.67) 1.71 (2.49) 1.71 (1.94) -1.12 (6.20)
 Occupation at baseline
  Academic Reference Reference Reference Reference
  Support I 1.24 (0.64) 0.80 (0.96) 1.13 (0.70) 0.24 (2.04)
  Support II -0.85 (0.58) -0.05 (0.79) 0.25 (0.70) -0.82 (2.04)
 Smoking at baseline
  Current smoker -1.80 (0.95) -1.82 (1.67) -1.67 (1.05) -2.61 (2.79)
  Former smoker 0.22 (0.86) -0.73 (1.53) 0.34 (0.99) -0.13 (2.24)
  Never smoke Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Hypertensive medication 5.55 (0.77)ƚ - - 0.54 (1.76)
 BMI (kg/m2) 0.61 (0.05)ƚ 0.46 (0.08)ƚ 0.52 (0.06)ƚ 0.25 (0.17)
Random Effects
 Covariance of Random 34.87 (2.49) 12.01 (2.81) 25.07 (2.47) 39.79 (9.13)
 Intercept and Slope
 Variance of measurement error (residuals) 64.88 (1.73) 64.79 (3.43) 52.18 (1.87) 77.33 (6.62)

Adjusted for age, gender, ethnic, occupation, smoking, hypertensive medication and BMI.

The data represents Estimate (Standard error of mean).

Note:

ƚ p-value <0.001;

*p-value <0.05.

aNo self-reported medical history of hypertension and had a measured systolic <120 mmHg and diastolic <80 mmHg at baseline.

bNo self-reported medical history of hypertension and had a measured systolic ≥120 mmHg and/or diastolic ≥80 mmHg at baseline.

c self-reported clinical diagnosis of hypertension at baseline.