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. 2018 Apr 19;15(4):801. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040801

Table 2.

Distributions of anthropometric variables in males

Characteristics Total Hypertension Normotensive X2 p
(n = 2846) n (%) (n = 1110) n (%) (n = 1736) n (%)
Height 0.256 0.968
Q1 162 (5.7) 61 (37.7) 101 (62.3)
Q2 554 (19.5) 213 (38.4) 341 (61.6)
Q3 701 (24.6) 276 (39.4) 425 (60.6)
Q4 1429 (50.2) 560 (39.2) 869 (60.8)
Weight 89.441 0.000
Q1 490 (17.2) 128 (26.1) 362 (73.9)
Q2 630 (22.1) 212 (33.7) 418 (66.3)
Q3 891 (31.3) 347 (38.9) 544 (61.1)
Q4 835 (29.3) 423 (50.7) 412 (49.3)
WC 106.522 0.000
<90 831 (29.2) 202 (24.3) 629 (75.7)
≥90 2015 (70.8) 908 (45.1) 1107 (54.9)
HC 91.743 0.000
Q1 701 (24.6) 187 (26.7) 514 (73.3)
Q2 774 (27.2) 280 (36.2) 494 (63.8)
Q3 640 (22.5) 274 (42.8) 366 (57.2)
Q4 731 (25.7) 369 (50.5) 362 (49.5)
WHR 27.46 0.000
<0.9 713 (25.1) 219 (30.7) 494 (69.3)
≥0.9 2133 (74.9) 891 (41.8) 1242 (58.2)
WHtR 81.806 0.000
<0.5 612 (21.5) 142 (23.2) 470 (76.8)
≥0.5 2234 (78.5) 968 (43.3) 1266 (56.7)
BMI 107.422 0.000
Underweight 122 (4.3) 23 (18.9) 99 (81.1)
Normal weight 1684 (59.2) 568 (33.7) 1116 (66.3)
Overweight 910 (32.0) 434 (47.7) 476 (52.3)
Obese 130 (4.6) 85 (65.4) 45 (34.6)
ABSI 5.513 0.138
Q1 693 (24.3) 253 (36.5) 440 (63.5)
Q2 786 (27.6) 296 (37.7) 490 (62.3)
Q3 735 (25.8) 294 (40.0) 441 (60.0)
Q4 632 (22.2) 267 (42.2) 365 (57.8)
HI 3.228 0.358
Q1 974 (34.2) 363 (37.3) 611 (62.7)
Q2 913 (32.1) 353 (38.7) 560 (61.3)
Q3 585 (20.6) 237 (40.5) 348 (59.5)
Q4 374 (13.1) 157 (42.0) 217 (58.0)

Note: WC = waist circumference (cm), HC = hip circumference (cm), WHR = waist to hip ratio, WHtR = waist to height ratio, BMI = body mass index (kg/m2), ABSI = a body shape index, HI = hip index.