Hyperthymic affective temperament and hypertension are independent determinants of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor level

Table 2 The predictive values of hypertension and hyperthymic affective temperament score on serum BDNF level in different models evaluated with linear regression analysis in the whole study population (n = 183)

Models	Beta	Std. Error	Std. Beta	p	R²
Model 1					0.036
Hypertension	4149.6	1681.8	0.190	0.015
Model 2					0.050
Hyp. temp. score	410.7	140	0.225	0.004
Model 3
Hypertension + hyp. temp. score					0.089
Hypertension	4310.3	1640.6	0.198	0.009
Hyp. temp. score	422.2	137.6	0.231	0.003
Model 4: Model 3 + age + sex					0.107
Hypertension	4365.1	1636.7	0.200	0.008
Hyp. temp. score	449.8	138.1	0.246	>0.001
Model 5: Model 4 + diabetes					0.132
Hypertension	5161.4	1661.2	0.237	0.002
Hyp. temp. score	459.4	136.6	0.251	>0.001
Model 6: Model 5 + cholesterol + HDL					0.158
Hypertension	5954.7	1685.5	0.273	>0.001
Hyp. temp. score	430.6	136.8	0.235	0.002
Model 7: Model 6 + platelet number					0.176
Hypertension	5540	1688.4	0.254	>0.001
Hyp. temp. score	431.9	135.8	0.236	0.002
Model 8: Model 7 + BDI + HAM-A + Alp.					0.191
Hypertension	6167	1748.4	0.283	>0.001
Hyp. temp. score	408	140.9	0.223	0.004
Model 9: Model 8 + PPamp.					0.202
Hypertension	6121.2	1742.3	0.281	>0.001
Hyp. temp. score	405.8	140.4	0.222	0.004

Hyp. temp. score hyperthymic affective temperament score, BDI Beck depression inventory, HAM-A Hamilton anxiety scale, Alp patients regularly using alprazolam, PPamp pulse pressure amplification

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