Fig. 2

Associations between PNC and PIR with blood pressure and high sensitivity C-reactive protein. a) Change in blood pressure (mmHg) and b) percent change in C-reactive protein (mg/L) with an inter-quartile increase in PNC or PIR. All models control for age. Models additionally adjusted for: * Systolic blood pressure (SBP): education, sex, BMI, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, ln(triglycerides), hypertension medication, anxiety medication, marital status, and year of baseline visit; Diastolic blood pressure (DBP): sex, BMI, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, ln(triglycerides), diabetes, marital status, and year of baseline visit; Pulse pressure (PP): education, LDL cholesterol, hypertension medication, diabetes, marital status, and smoking; High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP): education, sex, BMI, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, diabetes, anxiety medication, and smoking. ** SBP: education, BMI, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, ln(triglycerides), hypertension medication, anxiety medication, marital status, and year of baseline visit; DBP: BMI, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, ln(triglycerides), marital status, smoking, and year of baseline visit; PP: education, LDL cholesterol, hypertension medication, diabetes, marital status, and smoking; hsCRP: education, BMI, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, ln(triglycerides), diabetes, and anxiety medication. *** The same covariates are used as in the main models with PNC but only outcome data from the second and third study visits are included