Table 3 The associations between SCFAs and hypertension using logistic regression.

From: The association between circulating short-chain fatty acids and blood pressure in Chinese elderly population

SCFAs

Single-metabolite(unadjusted)a

Single-metabolite (adjusted) b

Multiple-metabolites (adjusted) c

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

AA

0.848 (0.632–1.138)

0.271

0.833(0.618–1.124)

0.233

0.696(0.501–0.966)

0.030

PA

1.341 (0.696–2.584)

0.380

1.143(0.581–2.249)

0.698

1.791(0.612–5.244)

0.288

BA

1.011 (0.521–1.964)

0.974

0.939(0.468–1.883)

0.859

0.819(0.303–2.209)

0.693

iso-BA

1.170 (0.870–1.574)

0.299

1.081(0.792–1.475)

0.623

1.058(0.716–1.562)

0.778

VA

0.810(0.604–1.086)

0.159

0.845(0.624–1.143)

0.274

0.713(0.516–0.985)

0.040

iso-VA

0.944 (0.722–1.234)

0.673

0.831(0.621–1.111)

0.211

0.791(0.574–1.091)

0.153

CA

1.294 (0.857–1.954)

0.220

1.351(0.872–2.093)

0.178

1.482(0.906–2.424)

0.118

  1. Notes: Bolded values suggest statistically significant, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, AA acetic acid, PA propanoic acid, BA butyric acid, iso-BA isobutyric acid, VA valeric acid, iso-VA isovaleric acid, CA caproic acid. a Unadjusted model, b Covariates in adjusted single-metabolite models included age, sex, education, household income, BMI, smoking status, alcohol drinking status, and diabetes, c Covariates in multiple-metabolites models included covariates in adjusted single-metabolite models and other SCFAs.
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