TABLE 5.

Correlation between LVMI and FAI, SHBG in postmenopausal hypertension

	Regression coefficient and 95% CI	Standard Error	t	P value
SHBG
Model 1	−0.255 (−0.424, −0.086)	0.086	−2.970	.003
Model 2	−0.192 (−0.025, −0.395)	0.085	−2.269	.024
Model 3	−0.177 (−0.009, −0.346)	0.085	−2.082	.039
FAI
Model 1	65.424(3.336, 127.512)	31.485	2.097	.031
Model 2	65.263(3.604, 126.921)	31.266	2.078	.038
Model 3	61.820(2.386, 124.008)	31.528	1.961	.039

Model 1: no adjustment; Model 2: adjusted for the course of hypertension, family history of hypertension, antihypertensive drug, and serological indexes; Model 3: Model 1+ Model 2+ the 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure.

Abbreviations: FAI, free androgen index; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; SHBG, sex hormone–binding globulin.