. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Nov;72(11):1645–1652. doi: 10.1002/acr.24070

Table 2.

Association of patient characteristics with incident hypertension in a multivariable model (n=628).

Variables	HR	95% CI	p-value
Age at study entry, per year	1.07	1.06–1.09	<0.01
Male gender	0.94	0.61–1.45	0.79
White race, versus non-white	1.28	0.71–2.30	0.42
Obese BMI	3.24	1.86–5.63	<0.01
Continuous NSAID use, versus non-continuous or no use^a	1.12	1.04–1.20	<0.01
ASDAS, per point^a	1.04	0.99–1.09	0.06
TNFi use^a	1.07	0.99–1.16	0.09

Model also adjusted for study site.

Time-varying covariates

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; ASDAS: Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor; HR; hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval