Research Article
Association of Epoxide Hydrolase 2 Gene Arg287Gln with the Risk for Primary Hypertension in Chinese
Table 4
Identification of significant risk factors for hypertension before and after propensity score matching.
| | Risk factors | OR | 95% CI | |
| | Age (per 5 years increment) | 1.27 | 1.20–1.35 | <0.001 | | Body mass index (per 3 kg/m2 increment) | 1.48 | 1.32–1.66 | <0.001 | | Total cholesterol (per 1 mmol/L increment) | 1.14 | 1.00–1.29 | 0.045 | | Unmatched | | | | | Homocysteine (per 5 mmol/L increment) | 1.40 | 1.22–1.60 | <0.001 | | rs751141 | 0.82 | 0.68–1.00 | 0.050 | | Matched | | | | | Homocysteine (per 5 mmol/L increment) | 1.28 | 1.10–1.49 | 0.001 | | rs751141 | 0.70 | 0.56–0.88 | 0.002 |
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OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; HCY, homocysteine. Matched variables: age, BMI, and TC. |
