The Impact of Mood and Anxiety Disorders on Incident Hypertension at One Year
Table 1
Comparison of baseline characteristics in nonhypertensive patients who did and who did not develop hypertension at follow-up data.
Developed hypertension
Did not develop hypertension
Missing data for follow-up group
16 (8.4%)
174 (91.6%)
7 (4%)*
Age
0 (0%)*
0.02
.889
Sex (women)
4 (25%)
71 (41%)
0 (0%)*
1.53
.218
Any psychiatric disorder
6 (38%)
40 (23%)
0 (0%)*
1.68
.197
Any anxiety disorder
6 (38%)
25 (14%)
0 (0%)*
5.86
.016
Any mood disorder
2 (13%)
25 (14%)
0 (0%)*
0.04
.839
Taking psychiatric medications
0 (0%)
35 (22%)
17 (9%)*
3.87
.051
History of cardiovascular disease
5 (36%)
28 (19%)
27 (14%)
2.37
.126
Taking anti-ischemic medications
0 (0%)
14 (8%)
14 (7%)
1.35
.247
Taking lipid lowering medications
5 (33%)
48 (29%)
14 (7%)
0.15
.699
Taking antiplatelet medications
6 (40%)
56 (33%)
14 (7%)
0.27
.604
Ischemia present on baseline stress test
6 (40%)
53 (31%)
10 (5%)
0.53
.466
BMI
15 (8%)*
2.45
.120
Smoking status
16 (8%)*
0.54
.462
Never
5 (38%)
55 (34%)
Previous
8 (62%)
94 (58%)
Current
0 (0%)
13 (8%)
Data used in multiple imputation. BMI: body mass index. A history of cardiovascular disease is defined as a prior myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, or revascularisation procedure.
