Clinical Study

Medical and Psychological Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension in Type 1 Diabetic African-Americans

Table 4

Six-year incidence of hypertension* by baseline characteristics: multivariate analysis.

CharacteristicOR (95% CI)P

Age (per year)1.00 (0.95–1.05)0.99
Body mass index (per Kg/m2)1.04 (0.99–1.09)0.09
Smoking (packyears) § 0.51
 01.0
 <50.71 (0.27–1.89)
 5–140.89 (0.34–3.32)
 ≥151.93 (0.66–5.64)
Family history of hypertension||1.54 (0.78–3.04)0.21
Proteinuria0.05
 none1.0
 micro-1.74 (0.73–4.19)
 overt3.75 (1.26–11.16)
HDHQ score 1.08 (1.03–1.13)0.002
BDI score ≥13**0.64 (0.29–1.43)0.28

*Systolic ≥140 or diastolic ≥90 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication; odds ratio (95% confidence interval); P values; §quartiles; || present versus absent; microalbuminuria versus none and overt proteinuria versus none; #Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire score [40]; **Beck Depression Inventory score ≥13 at visit 1: depressed versus not depressed [39].