Table 2.

Standardized odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of obesity indices for hypertension by gender

	Men	Women
PBF z-score
Crude OR	1.76 (1.63–1.90)*	1.94 (1.79–2.09)*
Adjusted OR	1.62 (1.48–1.76)*	1.42 (1.30–1.55)*
VFA z-score
Crude OR	1.89 (1.75–2.05)*	2.29 (2.12–2.47)*
Adjusted OR	1.56 (1.44–1.70)*	1.55 (1.42–1.69)*
BMI z-score
Crude OR	1.55 (1.43–1.67)*	1.92 (1.79–2.06)*
Adjusted OR	1.63 (1.49–1.77)*	1.54 (1.42–1.67)*
WHR z-score
Crude OR	1.91 (1.76–2.06)*	2.36 (2.18–2.55)*
Adjusted OR	1.63 (1.50–1.78)*	1.48 (1.35–1.62)*

Adjusted for age, marital status, ethnicity, education, occupation, smoking, alcohol drinking, physical exercise and family history of hypertension

PBF percentage body fat, VFA visceral fat area, BMI body mass index, WHR waist-hip ratio

Symbols denote significant of ORs (^⁎P < 0.0001)