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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2020 Feb 3;75(3):835–843. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14233

Table 3.

Hazard ratios for cardiovascular disease events associated with each type of morning systolic blood pressure surge (n=761).

Type of morning SBP surge N events/N participants Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Sleep-trough morning SBP surge (range), mmHg
 Tertile 1 (−21.7 to < 12.1) 23/253 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Tertile 2 (12.1 to < 21.3) 24/255 1.16 (0.65–2.06) 1.25 (0.69–2.28) 1.11 (0.61–2.02)
 Tertile 3 (21.3 to 48.0) 27/253 1.16 (0.66–2.04) 1.25 (0.69–2.24) 1.21 (0.67–2.16)
 P-trend 0.609 0.469 0.530
Pre-awakening morning SBP surge (range), mmHg
 Tertile 1 (−25.2 to < 2.2) 31/253 1(reference) 1(reference) 1(reference)
 Tertile 2 (2.2 to < 10.9) 17/254 0.59 (0.33–1.08) 0.68 (0.37–1.27) 0.77 (0.42–1.43)
 Tertile 3 (10.9 to 37.3) 26/254 1.04 (0.60–1.80) 1.11 (0.64–1.92) 1.18 (0.68–2.07)
P-trend 0.959 0.778 0.607
Rising morning SBP surge (range), mmHg
 Tertile 1 (−46.0 to < −2.0) 26/245 1(reference) 1(reference) 1(reference)
 Tertile 2 (−2.0 to < 7.0) 22/268 0.79 (0.44–1.41) 0.80 (0.45–1.44) 0.92 (0.51–1.68)
 Tertile 3 (7.0 to 43.0) 26/248 1.03 (0.59–1.78) 0.98 (0.56–1.73) 1.05 (0.60–1.84)
 P-trend 0.939 0.956 0.873

SBP: systolic blood pressure.

The hazard ratios for cardiovascular disease are adjusted for the competing risk of death.

Model 1: Adjustment for age, sex, less than a high school education, body mass index and current smoking status.

Model 2: Adjustment for the variables in model 1 and diabetes status, estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, albumin to creatinine ratio > 30 mg/g, sleep duration, antihypertensive medication use and clinic systolic blood pressure.

Model 3: Adjustment for the variables in model 2 and 24-hour systolic blood pressure.