Table 2. Correlation between blood pressure and ACR in subjects with and without obesity and abdominal obesity.

	Non-obese/Normal WC		Non-obese/High WC		Obese/Normal WC		Obese/High WC
	beta	p value*	beta	p value*	beta	p value*	beta	p value*
General subjects
SBP	2.37	<0.001	4.19	<0.001	3.06	<0.001	2.95	<0.001
DBP	0.62	0.002	1.80	<0.001	1.39	0.003	0.08	<0.001
Hypertensive subjects
SBP	2.08	<0.001	2.83	<0.001	2.34	0.006	2.22	<0.001
DBP	0.47	0.127	1.13	0.004	0.84	0.092	0.65	0.029

*p value was obtained by age-adjusted multiple regression analysis.

ACR, albumin–creatinine ratio; WC, waist circumference; HTN, hypertension; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.