The association between carotid intima-media thickness and new-onset hypertension in a Chinese community-based population

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of the association between cIMT and new-onset hypertension. ^aModel 2: adjust for age and sex. ^bModel 3: adjust for sex, age, BMI, SBP, current smoking and drinking status, dyslipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, history of cardiovascular disease, lipid-lowering medications, hypoglycaemic medications and baseline eGFR

Variable	n	Incidence of hypertension	Non-Adjusted Model 1		Multivariate-Adjusted Model 2^a		Multivariate-Adjusted Model 3^b
Variable	n	n(%)	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Average cIMT (per 0.1 mm)			1.83 (1.46, 2.29)	< 0.0001	1.84 (1.45, 2.34)	< 0.0001	1.69 (1.30, 2.19)	0.0001
Max of cIMT (per 0.1 mm)			1.68 (1.38, 2.05)	< 0.0001	1.70 (1.37, 2.09)	< 0.0001	1.55 (1.23, 1.95)	0.0002
cIMT< 0.9 mm	474	47 (9.9)	1		1		1
cIMT≥0.9 mm	198	38 (19.2)	2.16 (1.36, 3.43)	0.0012	2.04 (1.26, 3.31)	0.0037	1.82 (1.07, 3.10)	0.0270

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