Table 4 Unadjusted and multivariate adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) for increased baPWV (≥1687 cm/s) among participants with CWP and/or hypertension and without (n = 2014) CWP indicates coal workers’ pneumoconiosis; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

Without CWP and hypertension

1

1

With only CWP

1.20 (0.90 - 1.61)

0.219

1.18 (0.85 - 1.16)

0.313

With Only hypertension

2.54 (1.95 - 3.30)

<0.001

1.55 (1.92 - 3.41)

<0.001

With CWP and hypertension

3.34 (2.56 - 4.37)

<0.001

2.80 (2.08 - 3.75)

<0.001

p _trend

<0.001

<0.001