Assessment of Plasma Sodium to Potassium Ratio, Renal Function, Markers of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Endothelial Dysfunction in Nigerian Hypertensive Patients

Table 5

Logistic regression analysis on independent variables predicting the odds of hypertension and its complications.

Variables	Odds ratio	Std error	value	95% confidence interval
Weight (kg)	1.038	0.006	<0.001	1.025–1.052
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	1.111	0.019	<0.001	1.073–1.149
Na^+/K^+	1.078	0.017	<0.001	1.044–1.112
Urea (mmol/L)	1.038	0.012	0.0020	1.0139–1.061
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	0.9931	0.0025	0.0080	0.988–0.998
hs-CRP (μg/ml)	2.050	0.152	<0.001	1.772–2.371
Ferritin (ng/ml)	1.023	0.002	<0.001	1.019–1.028
GSH (μmol/ml)	0.663	0.126	<0.001	0.614–0.716
SOD (μmol/ml/min)	0.963	0.004	<0.001	0.956–0.971
CAT (μmol/ml/min)	0.994	0.006	<0.001	0.993–0.995
NO (μmol/dl)	0.881	0.008	<0.001	0.864–0.898
MDA (μmol/ml)	1.560	0.058	<0.001	1.449–1.679

Significant probability ().