Table 4.
Associations between obesity measures and medical comorbidities
| Hypertension | Hypercholesterolemia | Diabetes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 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.