Table 3.
Associations between the type of blood pressure and BMI category, BFP category as well as the level of physical activity.
| Parameter | SBP (mm Hg) | DBP (mm Hg) | Blood pressure category | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me | Q | Me | Q | Optimal, n (%) | Normal, n (%) | High normal, n (%) | Hypertension, n (%) | ||
| BMI category | Normal | 120 | 117–123 | 81 | 78–84 | 9 (36.0) | 10 (40.0) | 2 (8.0) | 4 (16.0) |
| Overweight | 137 | 124–139 | 88 | 85–89 | 3 (6.7) | 7 (15.6) | 25 (55.6) | 10 (22.2) | |
| Obesity | 168 | 150.5–185 | 99 | 93 – 104.5 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.6) | 5 (12.8) | 33 (84.6) | |
| p | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| BFP category | No excess adiposity | 124 | 120–139 | 86 | 82–89 | 8 (17.8) | 11 (24.4) | 14 (31.1) | 12 (26.7) |
| Excess adiposity | 143.5 | 132–178 | 93 | 86–99.25 | 4 (6.3) | 7 (11.0) | 18 (28.1) | 35 (54.7) | |
| p | < 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.011 | ||||||
| Compliance with PA recommendations | Yes | 136 | 123–163.25 | 89 | 84–97 | 7 (9.7) | 13 (18.1) | 26 (36.1) | 26 (36.1) |
| No | 153 | 122–178.5 | 93 | 82.5–104.5 | 5 (13.5) | 5 (13.5) | 6 (16.2) | 21 (56.8) | |
| p | 0.189 | 0.154 | 0.096 | ||||||
The analyses were performed using Mann–Whitney U test (for BPF and compliance with PA recommendations), the Kruskal–Wallis test (for BMI), Pearson chi-square (for blood pressure).
BMI body mass index, BFP body fat percentage, DBP diastolic blood pressure, Me median, PA physical activity, SBP systolic blood pressure, Q quartiles.
Significant associations are highlighted in bold.