Research Article
Impact of Gender on the Association of Epicardial Fat Thickness, Obesity, and Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern in Hypertensive Patients
Table 8
Binary logistic regression analysis to identify the independent determinants of nocturnal nondipping blood pressure (BP) pattern.
| ā | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |
| Age | 1.003 | 0.981 to 1.025 | 0.782 | Epicardial fat thickness | 0.499 | 0.126 to 1.974 | 0.322 | Body mass index | 1.061 | 0.974 to 1.157 | 0.177 | Hypertension | 12.708 | 2.911 to 55.479 | 0.001 | Dyslipidemia | 1.019 | 0.562 to 1.848 | 0.950 |
| Presence of nondipping BP pattern in males (adjusted ) |
| Age | 1.003 | 0.978 to 1.030 | 0.792 | Epicardial fat thickness | 7.034 | 2.258 to 21.909 | 0.001 | Body mass index | 0.940 | 0.857 to 1.031 | 0.940 | Hypertension | 6.479 | 2.462 to 17.053 | <0.001 | Dyslipidemia | 1.173 | 0.648 to 2.122 | 0.598 |
| Presence of nondipping BP pattern in females (adjusted ) |
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