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. 2020 Apr 15;20:174. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01468-3

Table 2.

Age-adjusted relationship between baseline of demographic variables and blood pressure status of participants categorized by gender (N = 7119)

Variables Men (n = 3345) Women (n = 3774)
Systolic blood pressure
partial r(P-value)
Diastolic blood pressure
partial r(P-value)
Systolic blood pressure
partial r(P-value)
Diastolic blood pressure
partial r(P-value)
Educational levels 0.003 (0.873) 0.028 (0.113) −0.029 (0.077) − 0.022 (0.180)
Marital status 0.064 (0.000) 0.050 (0.004) 0.045 (0.007) 0.010 (0.529)
Place of residence 0.080 (0.000) 0.083 (0.000) 0.024 (0.138) 0.014 (0.394)
Cigarette smoking 0.009 (0.590) − 0.028 (0.107) − 0.007 (0.656) 0.003 (0.858)
Alcohol consumption 0.017 (0.334) 0.044 (0.011) −0.052 (0.002) −0.045 (0.007)
Eating habit −0.028 (0.107) −0.047 (0.008) − 0.011 (0.521) − 0.052 (0.002)
Social and leisure activities − 0.009 (0.589) − 0.002 (0.928) 0.014 (0.380) 0.009 (0.585)
Accidental injury −0.041 (0.019) −0.043 (0.013) − 0.026 (0.115) −0.008 (0.627)
Physical exercises 0.020 (0.245) 0.001 (0.942) −0.010 (0.546) 0.006 (0.735)
History of cardiovascular disease 0.050 (0.005) 0.064 (0.000) 0.039 (0.018) 0.039 (0.019)
Hepatitis history −0.014 (0.409) −0.009 (0.622) − 0.020 (0.235) −0.039 (0.019)
Antilipidemic therapy 0.036 (0.039) 0.046 (0.009) 0.063 (0.000) 0.076 (0.000)
Antidiabetic drugs 0.049 (0.005) 0.023 (0.187) 0.073 (0.000) 0.033 (0.047)
Anti-hypertensive therapy 0.152 (0.000) 0.147 (0.000) 0.106 (0.000) 0.084 (0.000)
C-reactive protein (mg/l) 0.024 (0.177) 0.007 (0.704) 0.030 (0.070) 0.022 (0.172)
HbA1c (%) 0.064 (0.000) 0.070 (0.000) 0.048 (0.004) 0.073 (0.000)
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl) 0.093 (0.000) 0.078 (0.000) 0.040 (0.015) 0.082 (0.000)
Low density lipoprotein (mg/dl) 0.083 (0.000) 0.065 (0.000) 0.022 (0.182) 0.034 (0.039)
High density lipoprotein (mg/dl) −0.054 (0.002) −0.048 (0.006) −0.085 (0.000) − 0.111 (0.000)
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) −0.090 (0.000) − 0.045 (0.009) − 0.023 (0.156) −0.042 (0.010)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.218 (0.000) 0.221 (0.000) 0.165 (0.000) 0.221 (0.000)
Serum uric acid (mg/dl) 0.122 (0.000) 0.096 (0.000) 0.084 (0.000) 0.102 (0.000)
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 0.111 (0.000) 0.109 (0.000) 0.103 (0.000) 0.143 (0.000)