Table 3.

Direct, indirect and total effects of urinary sodium on endogeneous variables in hypertensive and normotensive patients

	Hypertensive patients (600)						Normotensive patients (959)
	Direct effect		Indirect effect		Total effect		Direct effect		Indirect effect		Total effect
Endogenous variables	Coeff	P	Coeff	P	Coeff	P	Coeff	P	Coeff	P	Coeff	P
Model 1
eGFR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
PWV	0.124	<0.001	–	–	0.124	<0.001	0.099	0.001	–	–	0.099	0.001
SBP	0.125	<0.001	0.039	<0.001	0.163	<0.001	0.116	<0.001	0.022	0.001	0.138	<0.001
Model 2
eGFR	–	–	−0.047	<0.001	−0.047	<0.001	–	–	−0.037	0.002	−0.037	0.002
PWV	0.140	<0.001	–	–	0.140	<0.001	0.105	0.001	–	–	0.105	0.001
SBP	0.125	<0.001	0.048	<0.001	0.173	<0.001	0.116	<0.001	0.026	0.003	0.142	<0.001

Adjusted for uric acid, urinary albumin/creatinine ratio, LDL‐Cholesterol and serum glucose. In the hypertensive patients we also adjusted for the use of antihypertensive treatment.