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

Table 3.

Distributions of anthropometric variables in females

Characteristics Total Hypertension Normotensive X2 p
(n = 4224) n (%) (n = 2014) n (%) (n = 2210) n (%)
Height 2.326 0.508
Q1 1713 (40.6) 834 (48.7) 879 (51.3)
Q2 1807 (42.8) 860 (47.6) 947 (52.4)
Q3 560 (13.3) 252 (45.0) 308 (55.0)
Q4 144 (3.4) 68 (47.2) 76 (52.8)
Weight 79.705 0.000
Q1 1324 (31.3) 516 (39.0) 808 (61.0)
Q2 1129 (26.7) 523 (46.3) 606 (53.7)
Q3 1110 (26.3) 613 (55.2) 497 (44.8)
Q4 661 (15.6) 362 (54.8) 299 (45.2)
WC 83.932 0.000
<80 527 (12.5) 153 (29.0) 374 (71.0)
≥80 3697 (87.5) 1861 (50.3) 1836 (49.7)
HC 107.647 0.000
Q1 929 (22.0) 324 (34.9) 605 (65.1)
Q2 1042 (24.7) 469 (45.0) 573 (55.0)
Q3 939 (22.2) 482 (51.3) 457 (48.7)
Q4 1314 (31.1) 739 (56.2) 575 (43.8)
WHR 8.319 0.004
<0.8 74 (1.8) 23 (31.1) 51 (68.9)
≥0.8 4150 (98.2) 1991 (48.0) 2159 (52.0)
WHtR 77.75 0.000
<0.5 395 (9.4) 105 (26.6) 290 (73.4)
≥0.5 3829 (90.6) 1909 (49.9) 1920 (50.1)
BMI 112.593 0.000
Underweight 112 (2.7) 25 (22.3) 87 (77.7)
Normal weight 2001 (47.4) 832 (41.6) 1169 (58.4)
Overweight 1716 (40.6) 911 (53.1) 805 (46.9)
Obese 395 (9.4) 246 (62.3) 149 (37.7)
ABSI 14.533 0.002
Q1 1080 (25.6) 469 (43.4) 611 (56.6)
Q2 1006 (23.8) 481 (47.8) 525 (52.2)
Q3 991 (23.5) 513 (51.8) 478 (48.2)
Q4 1147 (27.2) 551 (48.0) 596 (52.0)
HI 10.582 0.014
Q1 792 (18.8) 348 (43.9) 444 (56.1)
Q2 857 (20.3) 410 (47.8) 447 (52.2)
Q3 1179 (27.9) 603 (51.1) 576 (48.9)
Q4 1396 (33.0) 653 (46.8) 743 (53.2)

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.