Question: A study is run to evaluate risk factors for incident hypertension. All participants are free of hypertension at the start of the study and are

A study is run to evaluate risk factors for incident hypertension. All participants are free of hypertension at the start of the study and are followed for 4 years, at which time they are reassessed for hypertension. Risk factors are measured in all participants at the start of the study. A total of n = 3182 participants enroll and 1123 develop hypertension over 4 years. A multiple logistic regression model is run and the results are as follows below. Which characteristics are significant?

Risk Factor

Regression Coefficient

Chi-Square

p-value

Intercept

-18.416

746.103

0.0001

Sex*

-0.2524

6.189

0.0129

Systolic blood pressure

0.0629

141.417

0.521

BMI

0.0637

29.209

0.0001

Current smoker*

0.3270

10.116

0.7815

*Sex is coded 1 = male, 0 = female. Current smoker is coded 1 = yes, 0 = no.

Group of answer choices

1. Current smoker &Sex

2. Sex &BMI

3. Sex & Systolic Blood Pressure

4. None of the above

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