Table 4.

Unadjusted and multivariate adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) for increased baPWV (≥1687 cm/s) among participants with CWP and/or hypertension and without (n = 2014) CWP indicates coal workers’ pneumoconiosis; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P	Multivariate adjusted OR (95% CI)a	P
Without CWP and hypertension	1		1
With only CWP	1.20 (0.90 - 1.61)	0.219	1.18 (0.85 - 1.16)	0.313
With Only hypertension	2.54 (1.95 - 3.30)	<0.001	1.55 (1.92 - 3.41)	<0.001
With CWP and hypertension	3.34 (2.56 - 4.37)	<0.001	2.80 (2.08 - 3.75)	<0.001
p trend	<0.001		<0.001

^aAdjustment for age (≥60 years), current smoking, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, heart rate, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol