. 2013 Aug 12;8(8):e70893. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070893

Table 3. Odds ratio (95% CI) of the presence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricemia, and metabolic syndrome for the highest quartile vs. the lowest quartile of adiposity measures^*.

	Hypertension	Dyslipidaemia	Hyperuricemia	Diabates/IFG	MetS
*Female*
BMI	3.92(2.94,5.23)^d	2.57(1.99,3.31)^d	4.33(2.53,7.41)^d	2.42 (1.67,3.51)^d	5.48 (4.11,7.30)^d
WC	3.68(2.74,4.94)^d	2.47(1.91,3.18)^d	5.61(3.06,10.30)^d	2.67 (1.76,4.04)^d	6.81 (5.03,9.23)^d
HC	2.88 (2.18,3.80)^d	1.42(1.11,2.82)^b	2.74(1.70,4.42)^d	1.75(1.22,2.51)^b	2.97 (2.27,3.87)^d
WHR	2.66 (1.97,3.58)^d	2.53(1.95,3.37)^d	5.66(3.02,10.60)^d	2.22(1.46,3.37)^c	6.15 (4.51,8.39)^d
WHtR	4.17 (3.09,5.62)^d	2.60(2.02,3.36)^d	7.16(3.74,13.73)^d	2.75(1.80,4.20)^d	8.63 (6.26,11.89)^d
%BF	3.60 (2.62,4.94)^d	2.23(1.69,2.96)^d	4.07(2.33,7.12)^d	2.47(1.66,3.68)^d	5.07 (3.70,6.96)^d
BF	3.93(2.86,5.41)^d	2.09(1.58,2.77)^d	3.71(2.18,6.35)^d	2.31(1.57,3.98)^d	5.08 (3.71, 6.96)^d
%TF	3.22(2.36,4.39)^d	2.12(1.60,2.81)^d	3.87(2.22,6.78)^d	2.39(1.61,3.55)^d	4.41 (3.23,6.01)^d
TF	3.81(2.78,5.25)^d	2.21(1.67,2.92)^d	3.55(2.08,6.07)^d	2.49(1.67,3.72)^d	5.48 (3.99,7.53)^d
*Male*
BMI	4.90(3.36,7.17)^d	3.57(2.52,5.07)^d	4.28(2.50,7.35)^d	2.34 (1.47,3.74)^c	5.71(3.91,8.34)^d
WC	4.00 (2.480,5.83)^d	3.81(2.68,5.40)^d	3.99(2.20,7.22)^d	2.76(1.68,4.52)^c	6.56(4.44,9.68)^d
HC	3.17(2.14,4.55)^d	2.86(2.01,4.05)^d	3.19(1.86,5.47)^c	1.34(0.84,2.14)	3.29(2.29,4.73)^d
WHR	3.69(2.56,5.32)^d	3.85(2.71,5.46)^d	3.04(1.72,5.37)^c	2.58(1.59,4.18)^c	6.34(4.30,9.37)^d
WHtR	4.06(2.78,5.93)^d	4.03(2.83,5.74)^d	3.76(2.07,6.83)^d	2.92(1.77,4.81)^d	6.94(4.63,10.40)^d
%BF	2.42 (1.53,3.81)^c	3.48(2.22,5.49)^d	3.37(1.78,6.37)^b	1.90(1.09,3.31)^a	3.81(2.37,6.13)^d
BF	2.64 (1.67,4.18)^c	3.10(1.98,4.86)^d	2.99(1.63,5.52)^c	1.83(1.05,3.21)^a	3.98(2.50,6.34)^d
%TF	2.45(1.56.3.87)^c	3.28(2.09,5.15)^d	3.19(1.67,6.07)^c	1.67(0.97,2.88)	3.34(2.10,5.31)^d
TF	2.47(1.55,3.93)^c	3.40(2.16,5.35)^d	4.27(2.15,8.46)^d	1.77(1.01,3.10)^a	4.22(2.62,6.79)^d

Adjusted for age, smoking status, alcohol intake, and physical activity.

BMI, WC, HC, WHR, WHtR, BF, %BF, TF, %TF, MetS: see Table 2.

a<0.05, b<0.01, c<0.001, d<0.0001.

The bold indicates the highest OR value among the adiposity indices.

Table 3. Odds ratio (95% CI) of the presence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricemia, and metabolic syndrome for the highest quartile vs. the lowest quartile of adiposity measures*.

Table 3. Odds ratio (95% CI) of the presence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricemia, and metabolic syndrome for the highest quartile vs. the lowest quartile of adiposity measures^*.