Table 3.
Meta-regression analyses for tight versus standard blood pressure targets in Asian patients with hypertension.
| Study characteristics | Fixed-effect univariate model | Random-effect univariate model | Random-effect univariate model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P value | Beta-coefficient | P value | Beta-coefficient | P value | Beta-coefficient | |
| Sample size | .0021 | -.471 | .7837 | -.0808 | ||
| Follow-up period | .0045 | -.436 | .6564 | -.1311 | ||
| Male proportion | .1364 | -.2289 | .7267 | .1064 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | .0003 | .5532 | .2392 | .3342 | ||
| Previous CV disease | .0655 | .2830 | .4161 | .2385 | ||
| Baseline SBP | .2669 | .1706 | .4094 | -.2451 | ||
| Baseline DBP | .0003 | -.5555 | .1696 | -.3791 | ||
| Smoking | .028 | -.4590 | .1187 | -.4286 | ||
| Dyslipidemia | .030 | .6271 | .0158 | .6531 | .8486 | .0618 |
| Previous stroke | .0364 | .3216 | .3525 | .2844 | ||
| Body mass index | .0001 | .6653 | .0457 | .5258 | .0213 | .7456 |