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. 2019 Dec;48(12):2224–2231.

Table 4:

Gender based association analysis of Obesity Indices with metabolic risk phenotypes

Adiposity Traits Metabolic Risk Phenotypes
Hypertension Hyperglycemia Dyslipidemia
Male Female Male Female Male Female
OR (CI 95%) P-value OR (CI 95%) P-value OR (CI 95%) P-value OR (CI 95%) P-value OR (CI 95%) P-value OR (CI 95%) P-value
BMI 2.9 (1.99–4.1) 0.001 3.4 (1.9–6.01) 0.001 3.2 (2.3–4.5) 0.04 16.1 (8.9–19.2) 0.0001 6.7 (4.2–10.7) 0.01 2.9 (1.108.04) 0.03
WC 3.5 (2.8–4.42) 0.001 3.29 (2.3–4.71) 0.0001 5.8 (4.4–7.60) 0.001 27.7 (12.6–30.9) 0.000 1 2.86 (1.7–4.77) 0.01 11.9 (2.6–20.3) 0.001
WHR 1.6 (1.85–2.40) 0.009 3.9 (1.8–8.4) 0.0003 4.7 (1.9–11.9) 0.02 6.13 (1.6–23.3) 0.007 0.4 (0.03–3.9) 0.4 0.2 (0.05–0.9) 0.04
BAI 22.7 (8.7–11.8) 0.001 14.4 (4.7–17.6) 0.0001 20.3 (2.4–16.9) 0.005 3.7 (1.6–8.6) 0.002 3.07 (3.9–9.2) 0.005 3.22 (1.9–11.2) 0.016
VAI 2.89 (2.3–3.7) 0.001 3.5 (1.98– 6.7) 0.0001 1.3 (1.05–1.8) 0.02 1.5 (1.1–1.98) 0.03 3.08 (2.1–4.5) 0.001 4.01 (2.5–4.9) 0.005

BMI: Body mass index, WHR: Waist to Hip Ratio, VAI: Visceral adiposity Index, BAI: Basal adiposity index