Research Article
Using Anthropometric Indicator to Identify Hypertension in Adolescents: A Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
Table 1
Sociodemographic and health profile among male and female respondents (N=2461).
| | Variables | mean±SD / n(%) | p value | | Male (n=1033) | Female (n=1428) |
| | Age (years) | 14.4 ± 1.48 | 14.5 ± 1.51 | 0.04 | | Weight (kg) | 55.5 ± 14.78 | 51.0 ± 12.80 | <0.001 | | Height (m) | 1.6 ± 0.08 | 1.5 ± 0.06 | <0.001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 21.3 ± 4.72 | 21.6 ± 4.78 | 0.08 | | WC (cm) | 71.3 ± 11.56 | 70.2 ± 18.46 | 0.106 | | WHtR | 0.4 ±0.07 | 0.5 ± 0.11 | <0.001 | | C Index | 1.1±0.07 | 1.1±0.27 | 0.654 | | Ethnicity | | | 0.223 | | Iban | 308 (29.8) | 429 (30.0) | | | Malay | 301 (29.1) | 380 (26.6) | | | Bidayuh | 116 (11.2) | 140 (9.8) | | | Chinese | 181 (17.5) | 294 (20.6) | | | Others | 127 (12.4) | 185 (13.0) | | | Blood pressure | | | <0.001 | | Normal | 602 (58.3) | 1118 (78.3) | | | Pre-hypertension | 199 (19.3) | 125 (8.8) | | | Hypertension | 232 (22.5) | 185 (12.9) | | | BMI | | | 0.004 | | Thinness | 78 (7.6) | 71 (5.0) | | | Normal | 692 (67.0) | 1022 (71.6) | | | Overweight | 121 (11.7) | 182 (12.7) | | | Obese | 142 (13.7) | 153 (10.7) | |
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Significant at p<0.001; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; WHtR: waist-to-height ratio; C Index: conicity index. |
