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Table 3 Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure

From: Blood pressure patterns in rural, semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa

 

Systolic blood pressure

Diastolic blood pressure

Boys

Beta

SE

p-value

Beta

SE

p-value

Rural locality

-3.53

1.16

0.003

-1.71

0.84

0.043

BMI

1.63

0.24

<0.0001

0.60

0.17

<0.0001

Age

1.64

0.24

<0.0001

0.53

0.17

0.002

Heart rate

0.13

0.04

0.001

0.06

0.03

0.016

R 2

0.28

0.08

Girls

Rural locality

-0.07

1.09

0.325

-2.06

0.93

0.026

BMI

1.03

0.17

<0.0001

0.69

0.14

<0.0001

Age

1.68

0.22

<0.0001

0.54

0.19

0.005

Heart rate

0.16

0.03

<0.0001

0.13

0.03

<0.0001

R 2

0.25

0.12

  1. BMI = Body Mass Index
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