Table 3.

Determinants of incident hypertension over 10 years in the Vara/Skövde Cohort

Variables	OR	95% CI	p
Covariates in model age, BMI, Family history of hypertension, BP category at baseline
Age	1.01	0.99–1.03	0.153
BMI	1.12	1.06–1.18	< 0.001
Family Hx hypertension	1.47	0.99–2.20	0.059
Blood pressure category at baseline
Optimal	1
Normal	7.04	3.89–12.7	< 0.001
High normal	17.1	8.88–33.0	< 0.001
Unstable	84.2	37.4–190	< 0.001
Covariates in model age, BMI, Family history of hypertension, BP category at baseline, education, Type 2 diabetes, LDL Cholesterol, alcohol use
Age	1.01	0.99–1.04	0.393
BMI	1.11	1.05–1.17	< 0.001
Family history of hypertension	1.43	0.94–2.18	0.095
Blood pressure category at baseline
Optimal	1
Normal	6.58	3.62–12.0	< 0.001
High normal	16.0	8.21–31.2	< 0.001
Unstable	77.5	32.9–183	< 0.001
Education
≤ 9 years	1
9–12 years	0.95	0.55–1.64	0.853
> 12 years	0.69	0.38–1.25	0.222
Type 2 diabetes at baseline yes/no	2.51	0.86–7.33	0.092
Leisure time physical activity low/high	1.01	0.64–1.60	0.965
LDL cholesterol mmol L-1	1.05	0.81–1.35	0.722
Alcohol users vs non-users	1.13	0.64–1.99	0.677

Missing data: BMI (n = 1), family history of hypertension (n = 19), education (n = 20), leisure time physical activity (n = 35), LDL cholesterol (n = 2), alcohol consumption (n = 35)

BMI body mass index