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. 2016 Feb 19;4(2):2325967116629368. doi: 10.1177/2325967116629368

TABLE 4.

Risk Factors for Obesity and Elevated Blood Pressurea

Relative Risk (95% CI)
Unadjusted Adjusted
Obesity vs normal and overweight
 Sex, male (vs female) 1.49 (1.35-1.65) 1.71 (1.52-1.92)
 Race, black (vs white) 1.01 (.93-1.10) 0.95 (.87-1.04)
 1 sport (vs ≥3 sports) 2.13 (1.70-2.67) 2.17 (1.73-2.71)
 1 sport (vs 2 sports) 1.42 (1.26-1.59) 1.40 (1.26-1.58)
Elevated Blood Pressure
 Sex, male (vs female) 1.28 (1.15-1.41) 1.24 (1.10-1.38)
 Race, black (vs white) 1.23 (1.11-1.35) 1.20 (1.09-1.33)
 1 sport (vs ≥3 sports) 1.59 (1.29-1.95) 1.27 (1.09-1.64)
 1 sport (vs 2 sports) 1.30 (1.15-1.47) 1.17 (1.04-1.32)
 Obese (vs normal and  overweight) 2.40 (2.11-2.61) 2.33 (2.13-2.55)

aP < .005 for all values except race comparison for obesity.