Analyzing Trio-Anthropometric Predictors of Hypertension: Determining the Susceptibility of Blood Pressure to Sexual Dimorphism in Body Stature

Table 4

Regression analysis summary for the trio-anthropometric predictors of SBP and DBP in male and female rural dwellers of Afikpo community, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

	Predictors	SBP				DBP
		Regression coefficient (B)	value	OR	CI of 95%	Regression coefficient (B)	value	OR	CI of 95%
Male	BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.261	0.908	0.970	0.578–1.628	0.247	0.471	1.280	0.654–1.250
	WG (inch)	−0.558	0.162	0.572	0.262–1.251	0.184	0.794	1.202	0.302–1.479
	WHtR	−0.018	0.687	0.982	0.900–1.072	−0.031	0.588	0.969	0.865–1.085
Female	BMI (kg/m^2)	0.163	0.174	1.177	0.931–1.489	0.131	0.256	1.140	0.914–1.422
	WG (inch)	−0.495	0.248	0.609	0.263–1.413	−0.519	0.224	0.595	0.258–1.373
	WHtR	0.823	0.205	0.227	0.638–1.340	0.840	0.198	0.232	0.645–1.319

WG = waist girth, WHtR = waist-height ratio, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure.