Odds ratios of having hypertension according to presence of other cardiovascular risk factors, adjusting for age
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio | 99% CI | p Value | Odds ratio | 99% CI | p Value | |
| *Normal/underweight as baseline category. | ||||||
| †Normal glucose tolerance as baseline category. | ||||||
| ‡Low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol: <1.04 mmol/l in men and <1.29 mmol/l in women. Significant values in bold. | ||||||
| Family history of hypertension | 1.66 | 1.01 to 2.73 | 0.009 | 1.88 | 1.11 to 3.19 | 0.002 |
| Relative weight categories* | ||||||
| Overweight | 1.82 | 0.94 to 3.52 | 0.02 | 1.82 | 0.85 to 3.88 | 0.04 |
| Obese | 2.37 | 1.11 to 5.05 | 0.003 | 2.42 | 1.13 to 5.18 | 0.003 |
| Central obesity | 1.11 | 0.65 to 1.91 | 0.62 | 1.45 | 0.86 to 2.44 | 0.065 |
| Total cholesterol >6.5 mmol/l | 1.35 | 0.64 to 2.86 | 0.30 | 0.79 | 0.42 to 1.46 | 0.32 |
| HDL cholesterol‡ | 1.13 | 0.69 to 1.85 | 0.53 | 0.88 | 0.15 to 5.29 | 0.86 |
| Triglycerides >1.69 mmol/l | 1.65 | 1.00 to 2.71 | 0.01 | 1.25 | 0.74 to 2.12 | 0.27 |
| LDL cholesterol >3.38 mmol/l | 1.25 | 0.77 to 2.04 | 0.24 | 1.15 | 0.66 to 2.02 | 0.51 |
| Glucose tolerance† | ||||||
| Impaired glucose tolerance | 1.51 | 0.35 to 6.59 | 0.47 | 1.41 | 0.41 to 4.82 | 0.47 |
| Diabetes | 1.44 | 0.58 to 3.56 | 0.30 | 0.88 | 0.31 to 2.49 | 0.75 |