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. 2009 May 12;11(6):333–341. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00118.x

Table IV.

 Association of Blood Pressure Achievement Failure

Variables No. (%) Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P Value
(a) In elderly patients without diabetes mellitus or renal disease (multivariate logistic regression analyses)
Waist circumference ≥85 cm for men, ≥90 for women 620 (42.1) 1.26 1.01–1.57 <0.05
No. of antihypertensive drugs used
 1 461 (38.0) 1.00 (Reference)
 2 496 (40.9) 1.15 0.91–1.46
 ≥3 255 (21.0) 1.96 1.42–2.71 <0.05
(b) In young and middle‐aged patients without diabetes mellitus or renal disease (multivariate logistic regression analyses)
Body mass index ≥25 241 (42.8) 1.74 1.19–2.56 <0.05
Family history of hypertension (yes) 378 (66.4) 1.67 1.14–2.45 <0.05
Organ damage/cardiovascular disease
 Brain (yes) 33 (5.7) 0.33 0.16–0.68 <0.05
 Hypertensive retinopathy (yes) 17 (2.9) 0.33 0.12–0.91 <0.05
(c) In patients with diabetes mellitus or renal disease (multivariate logistic regression analyses)
Body mass index ≥25 582 (48.5) 1.34 1.03–1.75 <0.05
Family history of diabetes mellitus (yes) 379 (31.5) 1.40 1.04–1.87 <0.05
Dyslipidemia (yes) 656 (54.3) 1.41 1.08–1.84 <0.05
Organ damage/cardiovascular disease
 Brain (yes) 191 (15.8) 0.62 0.44–0.87 <0.05
 Blood vessel (yes) 144 (11.9) 0.48 0.33–0.70 <0.05