Variations in Aging, Gender, Menopause, and Obesity and Their Effects on Hypertension in Taiwan

Table 2

Anthropometric indices dose-dependently correlated with systolic BP and diastolic BP across gender, adjusted for age, race, education, and occupation using multiple linear regression.

	Men ()		Women ()
	SBP	DBP	SBP	DBP
BMI (kg/cm^2)
<18	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
18.01–24	2.65	3.64	0.64	0.31
24.01–27	6.38	5.01	2.18	3.07
27.01–30	10.66	8.42	5.47	5.37
>30	16.69	12.53	12.30	10.18
Waist circumference (cm)
<71.99	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
72–77.99	3.63	2.02	1.93	1.56
78–83.99	5.66	3.93	3.25	2.67
84–89.99	8.22	5.50	5.47	4.11
>90	10.05	7.09	9.85	6.59
Hip circumference (cm)
<87.99	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
88–91.99	3.02	1.93	0.30	0.84
92–95.99	5.06	2.96	2.31	1.83
96–99.99	6.55	3.72	4.82	3.38
>100	8.34	5.53	6.34	4.37
WHR
<0.79	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
0.80–0.84	0.60	−0.33	0.46	−0.17
0.85–0.89	1.57	0.90	0.13	0.18
0.90–0.94	2.93	2.71	0.38	−0.17
>0.95	2.05	2.13	2.98	1.30
WHtR
<0.45	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
0.45–0.49	1.21	0.04	1.33	0.10
0.49–0.52	2.53	1.29	1.96	0.70
0.52–0.56	3.33	2.02	3.62	0.35
>0.56	4.07	2.60	6.25	1.92

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