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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Aug 30;68(16):1713–1722. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.07.754

Table 4.

Adjusted* Odds Ratios (95% confidence intervals) for prevalent baseline Elevated Hs-cTnT and Adjusted* Hazard Ratios for Events, according to categories of diastolic BP after stratification by baseline systolic BP (mmHg) (N=11,565)

Cross-Sectional Analysis
for Elevated Hs-cTNT (≥14 ng/L)
Prospective Proportional Hazards Analysis for
Incident Outcomes
Visit 2
Diastolic BP
Visit 2
Systolic
BP
n/N Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
n/N CHD HR
(95% CI)
p-
value
n/N Mortality
HR
(95% CI)
p-
value
<60 mm Hg <120
mm Hg
26/
957
1.16
(0.47–2.86)
0.74 130/
957
1.05
(0.71–1.54)
0.81 281/
957
1.23
(0.89–1.70)
0.22
60–79 mm Hg 109/
4891
0.86
(0.40–1.88)
0.71 637/
4891
0.97
(0.69–1.36)
0.85 1061/
4891
1.07
(0.79–1.45)
0.66
80–89 mm Hg 9/227 1
(reference)
. 37/
227
1
(reference)
. 45/
227
1
(reference)
.
≥90 mm Hg 0/7 --- --- 0/7 --- --- 1/7 0.91
(0.12–6.60)
0.94
<60 mm Hg 120–139
mm Hg
9/101 2.49
(1.06–5.84)
0.03 26/
101
1.71
(1.11–2.63)
0.01 49/
101
1.25
(0.91–1.71)
0.17
60–79 mm Hg 98/
2507
0.90
(0.59–1.36)
0.61 497/
2505
1.17
(0.97–1.40)
0.09 800/
2505
0.99
(0.85–1.14)
0.85
80–89 mm Hg 41/
1033
1
(reference)
. 176/
1033
1
(reference)
. 275/
1033
1
(reference)
.
≥90 mm Hg 7/144 1.15
(0.50–2.64)
0.75 31/
144
1.19
(0.81–1.75)
0.36 37/
144
1.00
(0.71–1.41)
0.99
<60 mm Hg ≥ 140
mm Hg
4/29 1.45
(0.38–5.53)
0.59 9/29 1.46
(0.73–2.92)
0.29 15/29 0.97
(0.57–1.65)
0.90
60–79 mm Hg 57/
579
0.94
(0.60–1.46)
0.77 165/
579
1.31
(1.03–1.66)
0.03 298/
579
1.02
(0.86–1.21)
0.78
80–89 mm Hg 52/
642
1
(reference)
. 137/
642
1
(reference)
. 277/
642
1
(reference)
.
≥90 mm Hg 43/
448
0.87
(0.54–1.41)
0.58 98/
448
1.02
(0.78–1.33)
0.89 200/
448
1.02
(0.85–1.24)
0.81
*

Adjusted for: age (years), race-center, gender, body mass index in kg/m2, smoking (current; former; never), alcohol intake (current; former; never), hypertension medication use (yes, no), diagnosed diabetes (yes, no), LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), triglycerides (mg/dL), current use of cholesterol-lowering medication (yes or no), and estimated glomerular filtration rate in mL/min/1.73m2.

Logistic model for cross-sectional association between diastolic BP and baseline elevated hs-cTnT

Cox model for prospective association between diastolic BP and incident events

Significant values in bold.

CHD=coronary heart disease, Hs-cTnT= high-sensitivity Troponin T, other abbreviations as per Table 1.