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Table 2 Prevalence of arterial hypertension according to gender and age-group in iNPH cases/HUNT3 cohort

From: Increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients compared to a population-based cohort from the HUNT3 survey

    

Arterial hypertension

Crude estimate

Age-adjusted estimate

 

Age (years)

Gender

Total

Yes

No

OR (95% CI), p-value

OR (95% CI), p-value

iNPH

≥ 35 - 70

Female

95

32 (33.7%)

63 (66.3%)

2.4 (1.5 – 3.6), <0.001

1.4 (0.9 – 2.1), NS

HUNT3

≥ 35 - 70

Female

18,988

3,353 (17.7%)

15,635 (82.3%)

  

iNPH

≥ 35 - 70

Male

81

40 (49.4%)

41 (50.6%)

4.1 (2.7 – 6.4), <0.001

2.2 (1.4 – 3.5), <0.001

HUNT3

≥ 35 - 70

Male

16,425

3,140 (19.1%)

13,285 (80.9%)

  

iNPH

≥70 - 90

Female

125

58 (46.4%)

67 (53.6%)

0.8 (0.6 – 1.2), NS

0.9 (0.6 – 1.2), NS

HUNT3

≥70 - 90

Female

4,384

2,215 (50.5%)

2,169 (49.5%)

  

iNPH

≥70 - 90

Male

139

54 (38.8%)

85 (61.2%)

0.7 (0.5 – 1.0), 0.030

0.7 (0.5 – 1.0), 0.030

HUNT3

≥70 - 90

Male

3,590

1,733 (48.3%)

1,857 (51.7%)

  
  1. iNPH = idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; 4HUNT3 = The HUNT3 Survey; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Data presented as numbers (percentages in parenthesis). NS = non-significant.