Table 4.

Association of hypertension and its subtypes with anthropometric measurements of obesity.

Obesity indicator	All hypertensives	Isolated systolic	Isolated diastolic	Both systolic diastolic
Body mass index	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Obese	596 (36.0)	165 (10.2)	78 (14.8)	206 (12.6)
Non obese	992 (20.2)	188 (6.5)	99 (3.4)	198 (6.8)
#OR (95% C.I.)	2.22 (1.94–2.54)	1.63 (1.31–2.03)	1.42 (1.05–1.92)	1.97 (1.61–2.42)
P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.016	<0.00
Waist circumference
Obese	581 (38.4)	164 (11.1)	70 (4.7)	214 (14.3)
Non obese	601 (20.7)	185 (6.5)	107 (3.7)	193 (6.7)
#OR (95% C.I.)	2.39 (2.08–2.74)	1.79 (1.44–2.23)	1.27 (0.93–1.73)	2.32 (1.89–2.85)
P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.075	<0.001
Waist for Hip Ratio
Obese	334 (34.5)	98 (10.3)	39 (4.1)	16 (12.1)
Non obese	848 (24.6)	251 (7.4)	138 (4.1)	291 (8.5)
#OR (95% C.I.)	1.62 (1.39–1.88)	1.43 (1.12–1.82)	1.01 (0.67–1.44)	1.47 (1.17–1.85)
P value	<0.001	0.003	0.527	0.001
Waist for height ratio
Obese	922 (31.7)	252 (8.8)	135 (4.7)	337 (11.7)
Non obese	250 (16.9)	95 (6.5)	40 (2.7)	64 (4.4)
#OR (95% C.I.)	2.29 (1.96–2.68)	1.39 (1.09–1.77)	1.75 (1.23–2.51)	2.91 (2.21–3.83)
P value	<0.001	0.005	<0.001	<0.001

#OR(95% C.I.) = odds ratio (95% confidence interval).