Effect of fasting blood glucose on risk of new‐onset hypertension in rural Chinese population: a 15-year follow-up cohort

Table 2 The association between fasting glucose and new onset-hypertension

	N	Case (%)	Crude model	Adjusted model*	P value
	N	Case (%)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	P value
Fasting glucose, mmol/L
Male
Continuous^†	2029	393 (19.3)	0.99 (0.80, 1.21)	0.96 (0.78, 1.20)	0.739
Quartiles
Q1 (< 4.99)	503	98 (19.5)	Ref	Ref
Q2 (4.99–5.33)	509	96 (18.9)	0.94 (0.69, 1.29)	0.95 (0.69, 1.30)	0.738
Q3 (5.33–5.70)	508	100 (19.7)	0.94 (0.68, 1.29)	0.91 (0.66, 1.27)	0.592
Q4 (≥ 5.70)	509	99 (19.5)	0.95 (0.69, 1.30)	0.90 (0.64, 1.26)	0.534
Quartiles
Q1–Q3 (< 5.70)	1520	294 (19.3)	Ref	Ref
Q4 (≥ 5.70)	509	99 (19.4)	0.99 (0.76, 1.28)	0.94 (0.72, 1.24)	0.678
Categories
< 5.6	1406	274 (19.5)	Ref	Ref
≥ 5.6	623	119 (19.1)	0.95 (0.74, 1.21)	0.93 (0.72, 1.19)	0.551
Female
Continuous^†	1956	398 (20.3)	1.51 (1.24, 1.85)	1.47 (1.18, 1.82)	< 0.001
Quartiles
Q1 (< 5.04)	482	70 (14.5)	Ref	Ref
Q2 (5.04–5.36)	482	100 (20.8)	1.55 (1.11, 2.17)	1.46 (1.03, 2.07)	0.032
Q3 (5.36–5.74)	499	100 (20.0)	1.46 (1.04, 2.04)	1.37 (0.96, 1.95)	0.080
Q4 (≥ 5.74)	493	128 (26.0)	2.07 (1.49, 2.86)	1.96 (1.40, 2.75)	< 0.001
Quartiles
Q1–Q3 (< 5.74)	1463	270 (18.5)	Ref	Ref
Q4 (≥ 5.74)	493	128 (26.0)	1.55 (1.22, 1.98)	1.54 (1.19, 1.98)	< 0.001
Categories
< 5.6	1307	240 (18.4)	Ref	Ref
≥ 5.6	649	158 (24.4)	1.42 (1.13, 1.79)	1.38 (1.09, 1.75)	0.008

*Adjusted for age, body mass index, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, triglycerides, smoking status and drinking status
^†A 2-way interaction test of sex and fasting glucose as quartiles on new onset-hypertension was significant (P = 0.002)

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