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. 2021 May 22;34(5):511–520. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa184

Table 3.

Association of orthostatic hypotension, postural change in SBP and DBP, and orthostatic hypertension (at 6, 12, or 24 months) with white coat effect as a dichotomous outcome variable defined as the difference between clinic and ABPM daytime SBP ≥20 mm Hg or DBP ≥10 mm Hg

Odds ratio [95% CI] Crude Model 1 Model 2
Orthostatic hypotension (6, 12, and 24 months; N = 128) 2.26 [1.29, 3.95] 2.30 [1.31, 4.05] 2.33 [1.28, 4.25]
Orthostatic hypotension
 Never (N = 769) Reference Reference Reference
 Isolated (N = 100) 2.11 [1.13, 3.96] 2.16 [1.15, 4.07] 2.35 [1.22, 4.53]
 Recurrent (N = 28) 2.82 [1.03, 7.70] 2.84 [1.03, 7.83] 2.27 [0.72, 7.11]
Postural change in SBPa (for every −1 mm Hg) 1.06 [1.02, 1.11] 1.06 [1.01, 1.10] 1.10 [1.04, 1.17]
Postural change in DBPa (for every −1 mm Hg) 1.05 [0.97, 1.13] 1.05 [0.98, 1.13] 1.05 [0.97, 1.13]
Orthostatic hypertension (6, 12, and 24 months; N = 348) 1.02 [0.62, 1.65] 0.99 [0.61, 1.63] 0.97 [0.57, 1.64]
Orthostatic hypertension
 Never (N = 549) Reference Reference Reference
 Isolated (N = 225) 1.09 [0.63, 1.89] 1.09 [0.62, 1.89] 1.08 [0.59, 1.94]
 Recurrent (N = 123) 0.88 [0.42, 1.86] 0.84 [0.40, 1.78] 0.79 [0.35, 1.79]

Model 1: age, sex, race/ethnicity. Model 2: smoking status (baseline), chronic kidney disease (baseline), chronic kidney disease (24 months), BMI (baseline), HDL (24 months), total cholesterol (24 months), cardiovascular disease (between baseline and 24 months), treatment group. Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory BP monitoring; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

aPostural change = average of the difference of standing − seated BP at 6, 12, and 24 months.