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

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of risk of hypertension in subjects with NFG (above vs. below the median fasting glucose level ^a)

	Men			Women
	OR (95 % CI, below vs above the median $)	P value#	Adjusted R²	OR (95 % CI, below vs above the median $)	P value^#	Adjusted R²
Total Hypertension
Model 1	1.93(1.60–2.34)	0.000	0.028	1.96(1.51–2.54)	0.000	0.033
Model 2	1.24(0.85–1.80)	0.023	0.114	1.61(1.12–2.30)	0.010	0.082
SBP ≥ 140 mmHg
Model 1	2.04(1.54–2.70)	0.000	0.022	2.03(1.56–2.65)	0.000	0.026
Model 2	1.50(1.07–2.10)	0.019	0.058	1.27(0.93–1.74)	0.013	0.071
DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
Model 1	1.21(0.84–1.75)	0.301	0.022	1.67(1.12–2.67)	0.011	0.063
Model 2	0.72(0.46–1.15)	0.167	0.048	1.35(0.85–2.12)	0.201	0.015

Abbreviations see Tables 1 and 2
Model 1, adjusted for age, smoking and alcohol using
Model 2, adjusted for age, smoking, alchol using, BMI, WC, TG and TC level
^aThe median fasting glucose level was 5.45 mmol/L in men and 5.51 mmol/L in women respectively
P values < 0.05 were considered significant

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