Association of Obesity and Hypertension: A Cohort Study in China

Table 3

Association between the 3 types of obesity and hypertension.

RR (95%CI)	General obesity	Central obesity	NWCO
Model 1	3.46 (3.24–3.70)	2.89 (2.71–3.08)	1.42 (1.30–1.56)
Model 2	3.31 (2.97–3.70)	3.12 (2.81–3.46)	1.48 (1.28–1.71)
Model 3	3.71 (3.26–4.22)	3.62 (3.19–4.12)	1.60 (1.23–2.06)

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex; model 2: further adjusted for education (tertiles), smoking (tertiles), alcohol drink, and marriage status; model 3: further adjusted for urbanicity and income (continuous).