Hypertension prevalence and influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among adult students in Bangladesh

Table 6 Linear regression model for prediction of blood pressure among the students (sexes combined)

Parameters	Coefficient (B)	R-square	t-value	p-value
Systolic blood pressure (SBP)		0.410
Constant	52.832		2.339	<0.05
Sex^a	−0.178		−0.087	0.930
Age (years)	0.663		0.580	0.563
BMI	−0.968		−2.571	0.011
Smoking status^b	−4.978		−1.415	0.159
Urbanization^c	−1.037		−0.547	0.585
BMR (KJ/day)	0.012		8.424	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (DBP)		0.380
Constant	44.386		3.460	<0.01
Sex^a	−0.649		−0.559	0.577
Age (years)	0.112		0.172	0.863
BMI	−0.369		−1.727	0.086
Smoking status^b	−1.559		−0.780	0.436
Urbanization^c	−1.135		−1.054	0.293
BMR (KJ/day)	0.006		7.528	<0.001

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