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Table. 3.

Odds ratios (OR) of the family history for hypertension in strata of median BMI, median age, and median fasting blood sugar in Korean population (n = 2,484)

Subjects FHH Normal Hypertension*
N (%) N (%) ORa (95% CI) P-value
BMI<23.98 No 866 (77.8) 90 (69.2) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 247 (22.2) 40 (30.8) 2.15 (1.40~3.28) <0.001
BMI>=23.98 No 761 (79.0) 183 (65.8) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 202 (21.0) 95 (34.2) 2.34 (1.71~3.20) <0.001
FBS<91 No 816 (76.1) 92 (64.3) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 257 (23.9) 51 (35.7) 2.28 (1.54~3.39) <0.001
FBS>=91 No 811 (80.9) 181 (68.3) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 192 (19.1) 84 (31.7) 2.44 (1.76~3.37) <0.001
FBS>=120 No 90 (86.5) 32 (66.7) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 16 (13.5) 16 (33.3) 4.44 (1.81~10.9) 0.001
Age<50 No 849 (75.1) 63 (62.4) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 281 (24.9) 38 (37.6) 1.93 (1.25~2.97) <0.001
Age>=50 No 778 (82.2) 210 (68.4) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 168 (17.8) 97 (31.6) 2.55 (1.88~3.46) <0.001
Age>=57 No 367 (86.2) 128 (69.2) 1.00 (reference)
Yes 59 (13.9) 57 (30.8) 3.25 (2.11~5.01) <0.001

aAdjusted for age and sex

*Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, or medication

Biomed Sci Letters 2022;28:284-9 https://doi.org/10.15616/BSL.2022.28.4.284
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