TABLE 3.

Beta coefficients (95% confidence intervals) for blood pressure levels per 1 unit increase in logarithmically transformed C-reactive protein concentration, stratified by site and sex

	N	Model 1 β (95% CI)	Model 2 β (95% CI)	Model 3 β (95% CI)
Men
Europe
SBP	1315	2.82 (1.29–4.35)∗∗∗	2.69 (1.16–4.21)∗∗	1.24 (−0.36–2.84)
DBP	1315	1.58 (0.58–2.57)∗∗	1.50 (0.51–2.49)∗∗	0.59 (−0.46–1.63)
Urban Ghana
SBP	416	−0.82 (−3.52–1.88)	−0.82 (−3.53–1.89)	−1.04 (−3.88–1.79)
DBP	416	0.19 (−1.54–1.92)	0.21 (−1.53–1.95)	0.06 (−1.73–1.85)
Rural Ghana
SBP	428	−1.63 (−4.00–0.74)	−1.71 (−4.11–0.68)	−2.10 (−4.49–0.29)
DBP	428	−0.53 (−2.01–0.96)	−0.60 (−2.10–0.90)	−0.49 (−1.99–1.02)
Women
Europe
SBP	1828	2.34 (1.17–3.51)∗∗∗	2.33 (1.16–3.50)∗∗∗	0.51 (−0.81–1.82)
DBP	1828	1.06 (0.31–1.81)∗∗	1.07 (0.315–1.82)∗∗	−0.06 (−0.90–0.78)
Urban Ghana
SBP	1030	3.31 (1.78–4.84)∗∗∗	3.32 (1.79–4.85)∗∗∗	1.85 (0.15–3.54)
DBP	1030	1.71 (0.75–2.67)	1.71 (0.75–2.67)	0.41 (−0.66–1.47)
Rural Ghana
SBP	666	0.18 (−1.97–2.34)	0.79 (−1.86–2.44)	−0.34 (−2.61–1.93)
DBP	666	−0.12 (−1.41–1.17)	−0.13 (1.42–1.15)	−0.26 (−1.60–1.09)

N = participants per site. Model 1: adjusted for age. Model 2: adjusted for age and educational attainment. Model 3: adjusted for age, educational attainment, BMI, smoking, alcohol intake, diabetes, high-density lipoprotein and logarithmically transformed triglycerides. β, beta score; CI confidence interval.

^∗P less than 0.05.

^∗∗P less than 0.01.

^∗∗∗P less than 0.001.