Table 4.
Odds ratios and 95% CI for hypertension of subjects according to quartiles of baseline WHtR in the cross-sectional and cohort studies
| Odds ratio (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waist-to-height ratio | ||||||
| Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | |||
| Men | 0.38–0.47 | 0.47–0.51 | 0.51–0.54 | 0.54–0.74 | ||
| Women | 0.36–0.49 | 0.49–0.54 | 0.54–0.58 | 0.58–0.80 | ||
| Cross-sectional study | N = 1727 | N = 432 | N = 431 | N = 432 | N = 432 | P-Value |
| Hypertension | ||||||
| Incidence | 202 (46.8%) | 254 (58.9%) | 312 (72.2%) | 351 (81.3%) | < 0.001 | |
| Non-adjusted | 1 | 1.63 (1.25–2.14) | 2.96 (2.23–3.93) | 4.93 (3.63–6.71) | < 0.001 | |
| Gender and age-adjusted | 1 | 1.55 (1.17–2.05) | 2.71 (2.02–3.63) | 4.13 (3.01–5.67) | < 0.001 | |
| Multivariate-adjusted | 1 | 1.44 (1.07–1.94) | 2.35 (1.71–3.22) | 3.44 (2.43–4.88) | < 0.001 | |
| Cohort study | N = 419 | N = 170 | N = 127 | N = 79 | N = 43 | P-Value |
| Hypertension | ||||||
| Incidence | 27 (15.9%) | 30 (23.6%) | 24 (30.4%) | 14 (32.6%) | 0.022 | |
| Non-adjusted | 1 | 1.64 (0.92–2.93) | 2.31 (1.23–4.35) | 2.56 (1.20–5.46) | 0.022 | |
| Gender and age-adjusted | 1 | 1.58 (0.88–2.83) | 2.13 (1.12–4.04) | 2.28 (1.04–5.00) | 0.064 | |
| Multivariate-adjusted | 1 | 1.54 (0.82–2.92) | 2.43 (1.18–5.03) | 2.52 (1.03–6.20) | 0.074 | |
CI confidence interval. *Multivariate-adjusted for gender, age, smoking status, drinking status, exercise habits,presence of cardiovascular disease, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, use of antidyslipidemic medication, HbA1c, use of antidiabetic medication, eGFR, and serum uric acid. Bold values indicate significance (p < 0.05)