ABC | Volume 114, Nº1, January 2019

Original Article Adar et al. Aortic calcification and non-dipper blood pressure Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 114(1):109-117 Table 4 – Univariate analysis for non-dipper blood pressure pattern β p-value Age (year) 0.037 < 0.0001 Body surface area (m 2 ) 0.098 0.864 Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) 0.049 0.029 Female gender (%) -0.363 0.082 Obesity (%) 0.231 0.281 Hypertension (%) 0.417 0.046 Diabetes mellitus (%) 0.338 0.202 Hyperlipidemia (%) -0.130 0.635 Smoking (%) -0.385 0.131 Medications (%) Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor 0.238 0.326 Angiotensin receptor blocker -0.072 0.829 Calcium channel blocker -0.087 0.783 Beta blocker -0.203 0.552 Diuretics -0.304 0.323 Creatinine (mg/dL) -0.241 0.512 Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73m 2 ) -0.027 0.001 Total cholesterol (mg/dL) -0.003 0.200 Triglyceride (mg/dL) -0.002 0.067 Low density lipoprotein (mg/dL) -0.002 0.608 High density lipoprotein (mg/dL) 0.005 0.587 Glucose (mg/dL) 0.005 0.219 Left atrial diameter (mm) 0.040 0.144 LV ejection fraction (%) 0.009 0.615 LV mass index (gr/m 2 ) 0.017 0.003 Left ventricle hypertrophy (%) 0.704 0.014 LV geometry (%) Normal -0.121 0.640 Concentric remodeling -0.356 0.099 Eccentric hypertrophy 0.788 0.125 Concentric hypertrophy 0.585 0.074 Day time mean SBP (mmHg) -0.015 0.052 Day time mean DBP (mmHg) -0.009 0.339 Nighttime mean SBP (mmHg) 0.080 < 0.0001 Nighttime mean DBP (mmHg) 0.071 < 0.0001 24-hour mean SBP (mmHg) 0.016 0.050 24-hour mean DBP (mmHg) 0.015 0.130 Aortic arch calcification (%) Grade 0 Reference category Grade 1 1.295 < 0.0001 Grade 2 1.935 < 0.0001 Grade 3 2.770 0.008 Aortic arch calcification grade ≥ 1 (%) 1.538 < 0.0001 Aortic arch calcification grade ≥ 2 (%) 1.497 < 0.0001 SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; LV: left ventricle; β: Regression coefficient. 114