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Table 5 Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for hypertension in relation to thyroid cyst among not-taking antihypertensive medication

From: Associations between thyroid-stimulating hormone and hypertension according to thyroid cyst status in the general population: a cross-sectional study

  

Systolic hypertension

Diastolic hypertension

  

Thyroid cyst

p

Thyroid cyst

p

  

(−)

(+)

(−)

(+)

Total

 Number at risk

827

378

 

827

378

 

 Number of case

91 (11.0)

63 (16.7)

 

49 (5.9)

23 (6.1)

 

 Model 1

1

1.51 (1.05, 2.18)

0.025

1

1.10 (0.65, 1.86)

0.728

 Model 2

1

1.53 (1.06, 2.20)

0.023

1

1.11 (0.65, 1.87)

0.710

 2003Model 3

1

1.61 (1.10, 2.33)

0.013

1

1.12 (0.66, 1.90)

0.685

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age and sex. Model 2: + free T3. Model 3: + BMI, smoking status, drinking status, TG, HDLc and HbA1c. Case: hypertension (systolic or diastolic). ORs and 95% CIs are calculated by logistic regression models.