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. 2019 Oct 29;21(12):1849–1857. doi: 10.1111/jch.13723

Table 4.

Relative risk and 95% confidence intervals for risk of new‐onset hypertension according to change of body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage

  Model 1 RR (95% CI) Model 2 RR (95% CI) Model 3 RR (95% CI)
BMI change
Q1 Loss (−6.80 to −0.86) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Q2 Loss (−0.86 to 0) 0.98 (0.807‐1.21) 1.00 (0.86‐1.23) 1.07 (0.87‐1.31)
Q3 Gain (0 to 0.91) 1.07 (0.88‐1.31) 1.07 (0.88‐1.32) 1.16 (0.95‐1.43)
Q4 Gain (0.91 to 13.2) 1.62 (1.33‐1.98) 1.64 (1.34‐2.00) 1.81 (1.47‐2.21)
Body fat change
Q1, Loss (−7.0% to −2.1%) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Q2 Loss (−2.1% to 0%) 1.11 (0.90‐1.37) 1.10 (0.89‐1.36) 1.12 (0.91‐1.34)
Q3 Gain (0% to 2.0%) 1.23 (1.01‐1.52) 1.25 (1.02‐1.55) 1.32 (1.06‐1.63)
Q4 Gain (2.0 ‐ 8.9%) 1.63 (1.32‐2.00) 1.62 (1.32‐2.00) 1.78 (1.43‐2.19)

Model 1: Adjusted for age and gender.

Model 2: Adjusted for age and gender, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and smoking.

Model 3: Adjusted for age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, eGFR, and HDL cholesterol.