Predictors of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Interrelationship of Dyslipidemia and Arterial Blood Pressure

Table 3

Independent predictors of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in PCOS related to age.

Predictors	Unstandardized coefficients	95% confidence interval for		value
		Lower	Upper
PCOS <30 years
SBP ()
BMI	0.532	0.126	0.938	0.011
DHEAS	0.577	0.094	1.060	0.020
DBP ()
BMI	0.431	0.069	0.793	0.020
DHEAS	0.465	0.034	0.896	0.035
PCOS ≥30 years
SBP ()
TG/HDL-C	4.908	0.307	9.509	0.038
WHR	57.050	2.058	112.043	0.043
DBP ()
TG/HDL-C	5.708	2.363	9.053	0.002

SBP: systolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; DHEAS: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio.