Table 4.

Undiagnosed hypertension and diabetes mellitus prevalences and adjusted effects of overweight and obesity on adults.

	Hypertension				Diabetes
Risk factor	Prevalence (%)	RPR	95%CI	P-value	Prevalence (%)	RPR	95%CI	P-value
Normal-weight†	4.2	-		-	7.8	-		-
Overweight	10.6	2.00	1.21–3.32	0.007	9.8	0.90	0.61–1.33	NS
Obese	16.9	1.91	1.48–2.46	<0.001	22.4	1.50	1.25–1.81	<0.001

Hypertension: Subjects with systolic pressure > 140 mmHg and diastolic pressure > 90 mmHg

Diabetes: Subjects with venous gycaemia before breakfast > 126 g/dl

Normal-weight: Subjects with BMI < 25 Kg/m²

Overweight: Subjects with BMI = 25–29.9 Kg/m²

Obese: Subjects with BMI ≥ 30 Kg/m²

RPR: Relative Prevalence Ratio adjusted for age, gender and place of residence

† Referent group

P-value based on Pearson's chi-square test

NS = Non-Significant