Leptin Receptor Gene Gln223Arg Polymorphism Is Not Associated with Hypertension: A Preliminary Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Nutritional status, glucose levels, and blood pressure status by sex. Montes Claros, Brazil, 2013.

Variables	Sex				Total
	Male		Female				𝑃 value*
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Nutritional status							0.099
Underweight	08	4.97	13	4.23	21	4.49
Normal weight	73	45.34	123	40.07	196	41.88
Overweight	54	33.54	90	29.32	144	30.77
Obese	26	16.15	81	26.38	107	22.86
Abdominal obesity							<0.001
No	135	83.85	178	57.79	313	66.74
Yes	26	16.15	130	42.21	156	33.26
Hypertension							0.632
Yes	96	59.63	176	57.33	272	58.12
No	65	40.37	131	42.67	196	41.88
Glucose level							0.574
Normal (<140 mg/dL)	137	85.09	267	86.97	404	86.32
High (≥140 mg/dL)	24	14.91	40	13.03	64	13.68

^∗𝑃<0.05 for differences between male and female (chi-square test).