Table 2. Mean (SEM) values of the anthropometric indices categorised by gender and hypertension status.
| Male | Female | ||||||
| Normal (n = 142) | Prehypertensive (n = 198) | Hypertensive (n = 96) | Normal (n = 174) | Prehypertensive (n = 192) | Hypertensive (n = 112) | p-value | |
| SBP, n (%) | 104.44 ( 6.51) | 121.29 (7.94) | 145.13 (16.36) | 104.44 (6.51) | 121.54 (7.48) | 145.68 (15.95) | 0.749 |
| DBP, n (%) | 68.41 (6.02) | 77.79 (5.39) | 96.05 (8.98) | 68.41 (6.02) | 78.37 (5.94) | 93.42 (11.32) | 0.8795 |
| Weight, n (%) | 66.30 (9.10) | 72.28 (11.13) | 77.97 (14.09) | 64.72 (11.11) | 69.45 (11.86) | 72.98 (15.55) | 0.0000 |
| Height, n (%) | 169.11 (7.69) | 169.74 (7.25) | 170.58 (7.48) | 162.20 (7.34) | 162.50 (7.07) | 162.65 (7.14) | 0.0000 |
| WC, n (%) | 83.48 (8.03) | 87.99 (8.16) | 93.64 (11.86) | 86.32 (10.66) | 90.39 (12.71) | 93.40 (11.86) | 0.0117 |
| HC, n (%) | 93.56 (9.12) | 97.58 (8.70) | 101.73 (12.73) | 98.08 (12.76) | 101.09 (12.89) | 103.58 (13.23) | 0.0000 |
| WHR, n (%) | 0.89 (0.067) | 0.90 (0.04) | 0.92 (0.04) | 0.88 (0.07) | 0.90 (0.06) | 0.90 (0.05) | 0.0028 |
| WHtR, n (%) | 0.49 (0.044) | 0.55 (0.067) | 0.22 (0.03) | 0.21 (0.03) | 0.22 (0 .03) | 0.23 (0.03) | 0.0000 |
| PI, n (%) | 13.75 (1.96) | 14.85 (2.49) | 15.69 (2.37) | 15.17 (2.33) | 16.28 (3.07) | 16.94 (3.28) | 0.0000 |
| BAI, n (%) | 24.57 (3.91) | 26.24 (4.56) | 27.68 (5.33) | 29.54 (5.96) | 30.96 (6.97) | 31.99 (6.19) | 0.0000 |
| BMI, n (%) | 23.18 ( 2.90) | 25.12 (3.78) | 26.72 (3.95) | 24.55 (3.57) | 26.34 (4.43) | 27.51 (5.22) | 0.0001 |
| CI, n (%) | 1.23 (0.11) | 1.24 (0.09) | 1.28 (0.13) | 1.25 (0.10) | 1.27 (0.13) | 1.29 (0.10) | 0.0007 |
SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR, waist–hip ratio; WHtR, waist–height ratio; PI, ponderal index; BAI, body adiposity index; BMI, body mass index; CI, conicity index.