From: Hemoglobin as a possible biochemical index of hypertension-induced vascular damage
Hypertension (−) | Hypertension (+) | |||||
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β | 95 % CI | p | β | 95 % CI | p | |
No. of participants | 194 | 198 | ||||
Age | 1.3 | (−0.9, 3.5) | 0.255 | −0.3 | (−3.0, 2.4) | 0.815 |
Systolic blood pressure | 0.6 | (−1.9, 3.2) | 0.620 | 0.1 | (−1.5, 1.7) | 0.923 |
Diastolic blood pressure | 2.4 | (−0.5, 5.3) | 0.110 | −1.1 | (−3.5, 1.4) | 0.396 |
Body mass index (BMI) | −1.7 | (−9.5, 6.1) | 0.668 | 11.2 | (3.9, 18.5) | 0.003 |
Drinking status | −4.0 | (−13.8, 5.7) | 0.413 | −5.5 | (−14.8, 3.9) | 0.250 |
Smoking status | 25.8 | (−3.2, 54.9) | 0.081 | 11.3 | (−20.5, 43.2) | 0.484 |
Serum HDL cholesterol | −0.9 | (−2.4, 0.7) | 0.276 | −0.4 | (−1.9, 1.2) | 0.663 |
Serum LDL cholesterol | −0.4 | (−1.1, 0.2) | 0.195 | −0.4 | (−1.2, 0.3) | 0.259 |
Serum triglycerides (TG) | −0.04 | (−0.3, 0.3) | 0.800 | −0.2 | (−0.4, 0.03) | 0.091 |
Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) | −0.4 | (−2.7, 2.0) | 0.757 | 1.6 | (−0.7, 3.8) | 0.170 |
Serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP) | 0.2 | (−0.6, 1.0) | 0.602 | 0.4 | (0.04, 0.8) | 0.029 |
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) | 14.1 | (−20.8, 48.9) | 0.427 | 6.5 | (−16.8, 29.9) | 0.582 |
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) | 0.1 | (−1.2, 1.4) | 0.882 | 0.1 | (−1.4, 1.6) | 0.906 |
Hemoglobin (Hb) | 0.3 | (−15.9, 16.4) | 0.975 | 32.7 | (14.4, 51.0) | <0.001 |