Table 3.
Prevalence ratios of hypertension with different types of obesity in urban and rural areas according to the log-binomial mixed effects model
| Urban | Rural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR(95% CI) | Adjusted PR(95% CI) | PR(95% CI) | Adjusted PR(95% CI) | |
| Normal (Ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Central obesity only | 2.22 (2.06–2.38)** | 1.82 (1.62–2.04) ** | 2.03 (1.92–2.15) ** | 1.78 (1.62–1.94) ** |
| General obesity only | 2.56 (1.94–3.39) ** | 2.13 (1.48–3.05) ** | 1.79 (1.31–2.45) ** | 1.50 (0.96–2.33) |
| Both central and general obesity | 3.46 (3.16–3.79) ** | 2.30 (2.01–2.63) ** | 3.64 (3.40–3.90) ** | 2.50 (2.25–2.77) ** |
CI confidence interval, * significant at 0.05, ** significant at 0.01
aNormal indicates participants with a BMI < 28 kg/m2 and WC < 90/80 cm
bAdjusted for smoking, drinking, gender, survey year, age and clustering effects (communities and households)