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. 2014 Oct 22;8(9-10):E675–E680. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.1979

Table 4.

Associations between obesity measures and medical comorbidities

Hypertension Hypercholesterolemia Diabetes

OR (95% CI)* p Value** OR (95% CI)* p Value** OR (95% CI)* p value**
BMI (per 10) 2.13 (1.26–3.59) 0.005 1.18 (0.73–1.91) 0.501 1.46 (0.76–2.81) 0.254
TFA (per 10,000) 1.38 (1.16–1.63) <0.001 0.98 (0.84–1.15) 0.831 1.29 (1.05–1.59) 0.017
SFA (per 10,000) 1.42 (1.13–1.79) 0.003 1.00 (0.81–1.23) 0.979 1.29 (0.99–1.69) 0.060
VFA (per 10,000) 2.12 (1.42–3.16) <0.001 0.89 (0.62–1.29) 0.554 1.91 (1.12–3.27) 0.018
VFA% (per 10%) 1.16 (0.88–1.51) 0.290 0.91 (0.69–1.19) 0.493 1.12 (0.78–1.60) 0.533
*

Adjusted for sex;

**

p value from logistic regression; BMI: body mass index; TFA: total fat area; SFA: subcutaneous fat area; VFA: visceral fat area; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.