Table 2.

Cox regression analysis determining the association between BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio with incident hypertension during the follow-up period; results are adjusted for age, gender, history of CAD, SBP, DBP, FPG and family history of HTN.

	HR (95% CI)	P-value
BMI	1.050 (1.030–1.070)	<0.001
Waist-to-hip ratio	2.604 (0.605–10.477)	0.159
Waist-to-height ratio	3.296 (0.936–12.857)	<0.001

BMI, Body mass index.