Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity is an independent predictor of incident hypertension in Japanese normotensive male subjects

Table 4 Odds ratios and 95% CI for incident hypertension among quartiles of baPWV values

	Quartile 1: ≤1,204 cm/s	Quartile 2: 1,205–1,288 cm/s	Quartile 3: 1,289–1,380 cm/s	Quartile 4: ≥1,381 cm/s
Cases/subjects	8/573	24/569	37/568	82/568
Model 1
Odds ratio	1.0	3.03	4.69	11.05
95% CI		1.35–6.81	2.16–10.20	5.24–23.29
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
		P for trend < 0.001
Model 2
Odds ratio	1.0	3.03	4.42	10.16
95% CI		1.34–6.88	2.01–9.74	5.15–22.29
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
		P for trend < 0.001
Model 3
Odds ratio	1.0	1.68	1.73	2.70
95% CI		0.72–3.91	0.76–3.95	1.18–6.17
P value		0.23	0.20	< 0.05
		P for trend = 0.01

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