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. 2022 Feb 7;15:827–837. doi: 10.2147/JIR.S353384

Table 3.

Test for Linear Trend for Association Between BMI Categories and Quartiles of WC with HT Risk

Obesity Phenotype Total
(n=3697)
HT cases
(n, %)
Unadjusted Model Model 1 Model 2
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
GO defined by BMI
<18.5 125 27 (21.6%) 1.12 [0.72, 1.74] 0.618 1.32 [0.83, 2.11] 0.238 1.28 [0.80, 2.06] 0.304
18.5–23.9 1822 360 (19.8%) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
24–27.9 1256 308 (24.5%) 1.32 [1.11, 1.57] 0.002 1.23 [0.97, 1.55] 0.088 1.21 [0.96, 1.53] 0.113
≥28 445 161 (36.2%) 2.30 [1.84, 2.88] <0.001 1.81 [1.24, 2.66] 0.002 1.75 [1.19, 2.58] 0.005
p for trend <0.001 0.017 0.026
AO defined by WC
Q1(<73cm) 911 203 (22.3%) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
Q2(73–79.9cm) 861 172 (20.0%) 0.87 [0.69, 1.09] 0.235 0.81 [0.63, 1.06] 0.119 0.82 [0.63, 1.07] 0.141
Q3(80–87.9cm) 988 217 (22.0%) 0.98 [0.79, 1.22] 0.867 1.10 [0.79, 1.54] 0.578 1.13 [0.80, 1.60] 0.492
Q4(≥88cm) 937 278 (29.7%) 1.47 [1.19, 1.82] <0.001 1.73 [1.09, 2.75] 0.021 1.77 [1.10, 2.83] 0.018
p for trend <0.001 0.012 0.010

Notes: Model 1: adjusted for age, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Model 2: adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, hypertension, TGs, HDL-C, FT4, TSH.