Association of blood glucose level and hypertension in Elderly Chinese Subjects: a community based study

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of association of hyperglycemia status with risk of hypertension^a

	SBP ≥ 140 mmHg		DBP ≥ 90 mmHg		Total Hypertension		New-onset Hypertension
	OR (95 % CI)	P value	OR (95 % CI)	P value	OR (95 % CI)	P value	OR (95 % CI)	P value
NFG	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
IFG	1.89(1.46–2.45)	0.000	1.31(0.94–1.84)	0.111	1.81(1.39–2.35)	0.000	1.68(1.18–2.41)	0.004
New-onset DM	1.44(0.99–1.65)	0.053	1.23(0.78–1.95)	0.375	1.35(0.93–1.94)	0.115	1.49(0.91–2.42)	0.113
Previously-diagnosed DM	1.46(1.13–1.87)	0.003	1.02(0.72–1.44)	0.913	1.40(1.09–1.80)	0.009	0.90(0.61–1.33)	0.592

NFG normal fasting glucose, IFG impaired fasting glucose, New-onset DM, newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus; Previously-Diagnosed DM, previously diagnosed diabetes mellitus; New-onset hypertension, newly diagnosed hypertension; OR (95 % CI), odds ratio (95 % confidence index); other abbreviations see Table 1
^aAdjusted for sex, age, smoking, alcohol consumption, BMI, TG and TC level
P values < 0.05 were considered significant

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