Hypertension, Periodontal Disease, and Potassium Intake in Nonsmoking, Nondrinker African Women on No Medication

Table 2

Multiple-regression analysis of BP, periodontitis, tooth loss, and traditional risk factors possibly related to hypertension in middle-aged women.

Parameter	Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)		Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
	β	𝑃 value	β	𝑃 value
Age (year)	0.103	0.364	0.051	0.649
BMI	0.270	0.024^†	0.299	0.012^†
Total-C	0.074	0.602	0.125	0.374
TG	0.187	0.545	0.099	0.452
HDL-C	0.081	0.165	−0.056	0.668
HbA1c	0.259	0.190	0.139	0.194
Periodontitis	0.288	0.018^†	0.293	0.015^†
Tooth loss	0.308	0.010^†	0.417	0.0005^‡

Values are regression coefficients (β) and 𝑃 values. ^†𝑃<0.05, ^‡𝑃<0.001.
Multiple correlation coefficient |𝑅|=0.609 for systolic blood pressure, |𝑅|=0.621 for diastolic blood pressure.