Table 3.

Body mass index adjusted associations of one standard deviation increase in central obesity indices with incident hypertension

	Central obesity indices OR (95% CI)	P-value	Body mass index OR (95% CI)	P-value	Deviance	AIC	C
Men
Body mass index	-	-	1.35 (1.17-1.57)	<0.001	1311	1315	0.576
Waist circumference	1.28 (1.06-1.55)	0.011	1.16 (0.96-1.40)	0.133	1310	1304	0.593
Hip circumference	1.15 (0.96-1.39)	0.134	1.26 (1.05-1.50)	0.010	1309	1315	0.586
Waist-to-hip ratio	1.31 (1.13-1.53)	<0.001	1.22 (1.04-1.43)	0.014	1299	1305	0.600
Waist-to-height ratio	1.55 (1.24-1.92)	<0.001	1.05 (0.86-1.27)	0.637	1295	1301	0.606
Women
Body mass index	-	-	1.14 (1.00-1.30)	0.042	1257	1261	0.538
Waist circumference	1.17 (0.99- 1.39)	0.058	1.03 (0.87-1.22)	0.686	1253	1259	0.557
Hip circumference	1.08 (0.90-1.28)	0.400	1.09 (0.92-1.29)	0.298	1256	1262	0.543
Waist-to-hip ratio	1.20 (1.05-1.37)	0.007	1.09 (0.95-1.25)	0.211	1249	1255	0.569
Waist-to-height ratio	1.30 (1.09-1.56)	0.004	0.96 (0.81-1.14)	0.627	1248	1254	0.570

OR - odds ratio; CI - confidence interval