Increased Nitric Oxide and Attenuated Diastolic Blood Pressure Variability in African Americans with Mildly Impaired Renal Function

Table 3

Univariate regression analyses predicting GFR.

Variable	β	P Value
Age (years)	−0.276	NS
Male Gender	0.005	NS
Med. Taper	−0.282	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	0.179	NS
Fat Free Mass (kg)	0.091	NS
Fat Mass (kg)	0.124	NS
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.306	NS
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.152	NS
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.185	NS
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	−0.252	NS
Glucose (mg/dL)	0.068	NS
Awake SBP (mmHg)	−0.038	NS
Sleep SBP (mmHg)	−0.005	NS
24-hr SBP (mmHg)	0.023	NS
Awake DBP (mmHg)	0.131	NS
Sleep DBP (mmHg)	0.154	NS
24-hr DBP (mmHg)	0.213	NS
Awake MAP (mmHg)	0.052	NS
Sleep MAP (mmHg)	0.120	NS
24-hr MAP (mmHg)	0.145	NS
Awake Systolic BPV (mmHg)	0.133	NS
Sleep Systolic BPV (mmHg)	0.169	NS
24-hr Systolic BPV (mmHg)	0.199	NS
Awake Rate of SBP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.114	NS
Sleep Rate of SBP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.135	NS
24-hr Rate of SBP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.153	NS
Awake Diastolic BPV (mmHg)	0.549	<.001
Sleep Diastolic BPV (mmHg)	0.240	NS
24-hr Diastolic BPV (mmHg)	0.524	.001
Awake Rate of DBP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.573	<.001
Sleep Rate of DBP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.228	NS
24-hr Rate of DBP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.626	<.001
Awake MAPV (mmHg)	0.357	.033
Sleep MAPV (mmHg)	0.164	NS
24-hr MAPV (mmHg)	0.431	.008
Awake Rate of MAP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.342	.041
Sleep Rate of MAP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.163	NS
24-hr Rate of MAP Variation (mmHg/min)	0.383	.014

BMI, body mass index; BPV, blood pressure variability; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MAP, mean arterial pressure, MAPV, mean arterial pressure variability; NS, nonsignificant; SBP, systolic blood pressure.