Table 3.

Multiple linear regression analysis of blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) with relevant factors adjusted for confounding factors

	Total participants			CD34-positive cells
				Lower			Higher
	Β	β	p	Β	β	p	Β	β	p
Systolic blood pressure
No. of participants	327			165			162
Age	0.37	0.05	0.333	− 0.03	− 0.004	0.960	0.72	0.11	0.180
BMI	1.13	0.17	0.004	1.06	0.15	0.061	1.23	0.18	0.031
Drinker	3.93	0.11	0.070	3.35	0.09	0.274	3.44	0.09	0.273
Smoker	− 0.02	− 0.0005	0.993	1.15	0.02	0.793	− 1.05	− 0.02	0.790
HDL	0.21	0.16	0.013	0.15	0.11	0.196	0.25	0.20	0.036
HbA1c	2.78	0.10	0.066	6.01	0.20	0.009	0.49	0.02	0.809
GFR	− 0.02	− 0.02	0.765	0.02	0.01	0.875	− 0.02	− 0.02	0.831
Triglycerides	4.80	0.13	0.035	9.61	0.23	0.007	2.67	0.08	0.409
Diastolic blood pressure
No. of participants	327			165			162
Age	− 0.22	− 0.05	0.383	− 0.28	− 0.06	0.462	− 0.08	− 0.02	0.809
BMI	1.02	0.22	< 0.001	1.10	0.23	0.005	1.04	0.24	0.005
Drinker	0.39	0.02	0.790	0.015	0.001	0.994	0.25	0.01	0.903
Smoker	1.04	0.03	0.595	6.62	0.18	0.028	− 2.93	− 0.09	0.257
HDL	0.13	0.15	0.022	0.08	0.08	0.326	0.16	0.20	0.037
HbA1c	1.03	0.06	0.307	1.66	0.08	0.282	0.69	0.04	0.606
GFR	− 0.03	− 0.03	0.535	0.04	0.04	0.625	− 0.07	− 0.08	0.333
Triglycerides	1.85	0.08	0.225	5.04	0.18	0.036	0.57	0.03	0.786

Triglycerides are calculated in logarithm values. Lower CD34-positive cells, ≤ 0.93 cells/μL. Higher CD34-positive cells, > 0.93 cells/μL

BMI body mass index, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA _1c hemoglobin A1c, GFR glomerular filtration rate, Β parameter estimate, β standardized parameter estimate, p p factor for multivariable linear regression models