Risk of low birth weight on adulthood hypertension - evidence from a tertiary care hospital in a South Asian country, Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 P values of initial variable screening prior to model fitting

Study variables	Response variable
Study variables	High SBP	High DBP	hypertension
Age	0.01	0.14	< 0.01
Gender	0.90	0.87	0.50
Ethnicity	0.97	0.95	0.70
Marital Status	0.99	0.99	0.95
^aIncome	0.29	0.63	0.69
^aSmoking	0.46	0.14	0.22
^aAlcohol consumption	0.53	0.14	0.41
Family History of Cardiovascular accidents	0.79	0.54	0.66
Family History of Myocardial Infarction	0.38	0.52	0.07
Family History of Hypertension	0.66	0.05	0.05
Family History of Diabetes Mellitus	0.70	0.09	0.29
Family History of Hypercholesterolaemia	0.78	0.15	0.98
Family History of Cancer	- ^b	0.38	0.19
^aMore rice consumption	0.73	0.59	0.93
^aLess fruit consumption	0.06	0.02	0.34
^aLess vegetable consumption	0.98	0.12	0.63
Low Birth Weight	0.09	0.77	0.05
^aWeight	0.51	0.49	0.50
^aBody mass index	0.69	0.06	0.54
^aHip circumference	0.43	0.64	0.93
^aWaist circumference	0.87	0.23	0.42

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