Table 5. Prevalence ratios corresponding to one standard deviation increase in anthropometric measures.

Anthropometric index	Hypertension			Prehypertension
	PR	95% CI	p-value	PR	95% CI	p-value
Model 1
WHtR	1.44	1.3–1.56	0.000	1.15	1.08–1.22	0.000
WC	1.41	1.28–1.56	0.000	1.2	1.13–1.27	0.000
BMI	1.35	1.24–1.47	0.000	1.21	1.15–1.27	0.000
PI	1.32	1.21–1.44	0.000	1.17	1.11–1.23	0.000
Model 2
WHtR	1.15	1.01–1.30	0.030	1.04	0.97–1.11	0.258
WC	1.15	1.03–1.29	0.017	1.11	1.03–1.19	0.002
BMI	1.14	1.01–1.27	0.028	1.11	1.04–1.10	0.001
PI	1.12	0.99–1.27	0.063	1.067	1.00–1.14	0.038

PR, prevalence ratio; WHtR, waist–height ratio; WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; PI, ponderal index.

Model 1 was crude while model 2 was adjusted for factors such as age, smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity.