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Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2019 Dec 23;75(2):580–587. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13478

Table 3.

Blood pressure variables associated with silent brain infarction. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis.

BP variable	Univariable		Multivariable model^*
BP variable	OR (95%CI)	p value	OR (95%CI)	p value
Brachial BP variables
Brachial SBP, per 10 mmHg	1.17 (1.06–1.29)	0.002	1.11 (1.00–1.24)	0.058
Brachial DBP, per 10 mmHg	0.97 (0.80–1.16)	0.73	0.95 (0.79–1.15)	0.62
Brachial PP, per 10 mmHg	1.26 (1.12–1.41)	<0.001	1.17 (1.03–1.33)	0.014
Central BP variables
Central SBP, per 10 mmHg	1.08 (0.99–1.18)	0.095	1.04 (0.95–1.15)	0.42
Central DBP, per 10 mmHg	0.80 (0.67–0.95)	0.012	0.85 (0.71–1.02)	0.082
Central PP, per 10 mmHg	1.22 (1.09–1.35)	<0.001	1.14 (1.02–1.29)	0.026

BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; OR, odds ratio; PP, pulse pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

^*

Adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and time interval between tests.