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TABLE 2.

Covariates included in the multivariate analysis of selected studies

Study	Covariates
Pierdomenico et al ¹⁴	Age, sex, family history of premature CV disease, smoking habit, BMI, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, creatinine, DM, LA enlargement or LVH, nondipping, and antihypertensive drug class at follow‐up
Perkiömäki et al ¹⁵	Age, sex, BMI, height, smoking, alanine aminotransferase, uric acid, glucose
Tikhonoff et al ¹⁶	Age, sex, BMI, serum cholesterol, tobacco and alcohol use, history of CV disease and DM and antihypertensive drug treatment
Matsumoto et al ¹⁷	Age, sex, race, and hypertension status at baseline
Coccina et al ¹⁸	Age, BMI, family history of CV disease, DM, eGFR, LVH, LA enlargement, ALVSD, number of antihypertensive drugs

Abbreviations: ALVSD, asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction; BMI, body mass index; CV, cardiovascular; DM, diabetes mellitus; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LA, left atrial; LVH left ventricular hypertrophy.