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. 2017 Oct 16;36(4):720–733. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001608

TABLE 3.

Determinants of changes in blood pressure variability assessed by multivariate regression analysis in the two study populations

	24-h unweighted SD	P value	24-h weighted SD	P value	24-h ARV	P value
SBP
24-h BP changes	0.212 (0.059, 0.083)	0.0001^a	0.201 (0.047, 0.067)	0.0001^a	0.216 (0.039, 0.055)	0.0001^a
Type of treatment	0.055 (0.058, 0.331)	0.005^b	0.034 (−0.014, 0.217)	0.084	0.033 (−0.013, 0.163)	0.094
Region	0.058 (0.117, 0.510)	0.002^b	0.066 (0.133, 0.466)	0.0001^a	0.073 (0.127, 0.381)	0.0001^a
Age	0.021 (−0.005, 0.020)	0.233	0.021 (−0.004, 0.017)	0.228	0.021 (−0.003, 0.013)	0.226
BMI	0.020 (−0.012, 0.048)	0.242	0.036 (0.002, 0.053)	0.037^c	0.037 (0.002, 0.040)	0.034^c
CV disease	0.015 (−0.222, 0.574)	0.386	0.011 (−0.226, 0.448)	0.518	0.007 (−0.203, 0.311)	0.680
Sex	−0.025 (−0.507, 0.065)	0.130	−0.025 (−0.425, 0.058)	0.137	−0.023 (−0.313, 0.056)	0.172
DBP
24-h BP changes	0.103 (0.026, 0.053)	0.0001^a	0.061 (0.009, 0.033)	0.001^b	0.094 (0.018, 0.039)	0.0001^a
Type of treatment	−0.001 (−0.102, 0.095)	0.942	−0.025 (−0.145, 0.030)	0.200	−0.024 (−0.127, 0.029)	0.220
Region	0.023 (−0.054, 0.234)	0.223	0.028 (−0.033, 0.222)	0.147	0.033 (−0.012, 0.217)	0.079
Age	−0.026 (−0.016, 0.002)	0.146	−0.020 (−0.013, 0.003)	0.259	−0.020 (−0.012, 0.003)	0.267
BMI	0.013 (−0.014, 0.030)	0.461	0.019 (−0.008, 0.031)	0.268	0.021 (−0.007, 0.028)	0.224
CV disease	0.006 (−0.239, 0.342)	0.729	0.0001 (−0.260, 0.256)	0.987	−0.004 (−0.262, 0.200)	0.795
Sex	−0.031 (−0.404, 0.012)	0.065	−0.039 (−0.402, −0.033)	0.021^c	−0.021 (−0.272, 0.059)	0.207

ARV, average real variability; BP, blood pressure; CV, cardiovascular.

^aP < 0.0001.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.05.