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. 2008 Jan;3(1):153–158. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03650807

Table 4.

OR for edema in relation to obesity and systolic hypertensiona

BMI Home SBP <156 mmHg
Home SBP ≥156 mmHg
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Underweight or normal (<25 kg/m2) 1 5.3 1.3 to 21.8 0.02
Overweight (25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2) 2.8 0.6 to 13.5 0.21 14.7 1.8 to 119.3 0.012
Obese (>30 kg/m2) 41.2 8.9 to 190.5 <0.001 217.3 20.2 to 2234.6 <0.001
a

OR (95% CI) associated with BMI and systolic hypertension assessed by home BP monitoring adjusted for age and diastolic BP. Hosmer-Lemeshow χ 2 6.64 (P = 0.58).