The Investigation of Sex Differences in the Effect of Body Mass Index

Table 4

Multivariate odds ratios for risk factors grouped by sex.

	Male	Female	Both sexes
	Hypertension	Hypertension
Sex
male	-	-	1.000
female	-	-	1.618(1.614- 1.621)
BMI
<24	1.000	1.000	1.000
24-28	2.010 (2.003 -2.016)	1.863 (1.858 -1.869)	1.970(1.965-1.974)
≥28	4.808 (4.786 - 4.831)	4.068 (4.046 -4.089)	4.708 (4.692-4.724)

means adjusted for age, education status, smoking, salt consumption, and physical activity; weight was considered in calculation of OR.