Change in renin, cardiovascular and inflammatory markers over three years in a black and white population: the SABPA study

Table 3 Forward stepwise regression analysis with percentage change in renin as dependent variable in black and white participants

	Percentage change in renin
	Blacks (n = 76)		Whites (n = 99)
Adjusted R²	0.34		0.54
Adjusted R²	β (95% CI)	p-value	β (95% CI)	p-value
Age (baseline)	0.21 (0.01; 0.41)	0.046	-	-
Systolic blood pressure (% change)	−0.27 (−0.48; −0.07)	0.011	-	-
Gamma glutamyltransferase (% change)	0.26 (0.05; 0.46)	0.017	-	-
Renin (baseline)	−0.46 (−0.66; −0.25)	<0.001	−0.71 (−0.87; −0.55)	<0.001
Interleukin-6 (% change)	-	-	−0.24 (−0.40; −0.08)	0.005

Independent variables included in the model: percentage change in SBP, baseline SBP, age, percentage change in GGT, baseline GGT, baseline renin, percentage change in IL-6 and baseline IL-6. -, Covariate did not enter model

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