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. 2019 Nov 26;60(5):262–267. doi: 10.4103/nmj.NMJ_51_19

Table 3.

Body mass index and hypertension

BMI (percentiles) Hypertensio
OR 95% CI for OR P
Yes, n (%) No, n (%)
5th-85th 36 (10.1) 319 (89.9)
<5th 4 (4.8) 79 (95.2) 0.449 0.155-1.298 0.139
85th-95th 4 (10.8) 33 (89.2) 1.074 0.360-3.205 0.898
>95th 2 (13.3) 13 (86.7) 1.363 0.296-6.284 0.691

OR – Odds ratio; CI – Confidence interval; BMI – Body mass index