Table 2. Associations between high BMI and large WC and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in 1375 12-year-old girls and boys.
| Blood pressure | Girls n = 706 | Boys n = 669 | ||||||
| Systolic BP | Diastolic BP | Systolic BP | Diastolic BP | |||||
| β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | |
| BMI 90th centile | ||||||||
| Model B | 4.85 | (2.49, 7.21) | 2.44 | (0.79, 4.09) | 4.20 | (1.94, 6.47) | 3.39 | (1.64, 5.13) |
| Model C | 3.30 | (0.70, 5.89) | 1.60 | (−0.22, 3.42) | 1.51 | (−1.06, 4.07) | 1.60 | (−0.69, 3.58) |
| WC 90th centile | ||||||||
| Model B | 3.71 | (1.31, 6.12) | 1.96 | (0.28, 3.63) | 3.50 | (1.18, 5.81) | 3.89 | (2.12, 5.66) |
| Model C | 1.31 | (−1.21, 3.83) | 0.93 | (−0.85, 2.71) | 0.32 | (−2.15, 2.79) | 2.98 | (1.04, 4.92) |
BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, BP: blood pressure.
Model B: adjusted for cuff size, pre-pregnancy maternal overweight, puberty development scale, age at the time of the measurements, height.
Model C: additionally adjusted for WC (in BMI analyses) and BMI (in WC analyses).