Abnormal ankle-brachial index, cardiovascular risk factors and healthy lifestyle factors in hypertensive patients: prospective cohort study from a primary care urban population

Table 2 Factors associated with ABI measurements^a

Variable	ABI ≤ 0.9			ABI > 1.4
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Male sex	2.550	0.695–9.357	0.158	0.556	0.256–1.209	0.139
Age, y	1.032	0.976–1.091	0.270	0.997	0.966–1.029	0.837
eGFR, mL/min	0.967	0.941–0.994	0.018	0.989	0.969–1.009	0.279
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	1.036	1.001–1.071	0.041	0.959	0.936–0.982	0.001
Ideal health diet	3.107	1.312–7.358	0.010	1.059	0.642–1.746	0.823
Ideal physical activity	0.363	0.138–0.954	0.040	1.565	1.000–2.449	0.050

ABI Ankle-brachial index, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate
^aMultinomial logistic regression model to predict ABI measurements. Dependent variable (outcome) consisted of three categories: 0 = Normal (reference), 1 = ABI ≤ 0.9 and 2 = ABI > 1.4

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