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

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 4 Stepwise linear regression analysis of risk factors for SBP and DBP

	All subjects (n = 2092)				Subjects without hypoglycemic or antihypertensive drugs (n = 924)
	SBP		DBP		SBP		DBP
	β	R²	β	R²	β	R²	β	R²
BMI (kg/m²)	0.15**	0.034	0.13**	0.032	0.15**	0.028	0.42	-
FPG (mmol/L)	0.10**	0.013	0.022	-	0.12**	0.013	0.08*	0.006
Age (years)	0.09**	0.008	-0.16**	0.019	0.07*	0.004	-0.17**	0.026
Smoking	−0.07	-	−0.03	-	−0.13*	0.012	−0.23	-
(yes/no)	−0.07	-	−0.03	-	−0.13*	0.012	−0.23	-
Alcohol consumption	0.06**	0.003	0.021	-	0.07*	0.004	0.026	-
(yes/no)	0.06**	0.003	0.021	-	0.07*	0.004	0.026	-
TC (mmol/L)	0.05*	0.003	0.09**	0.005	0.04	-	0.061	-
TG (mmol/L)	0.07**	0.002	0.05*	0.007	0.01	-	-0.34	-
Male (vs.Female)	0.02	-	−0.09	-	0.03	-	0.109	-
WC(mmol/L)	0.57	-	0.61	-	0.09	-	0.14**	0.021

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