Emergent Anthropometric Indices in Differential Prediction of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Mexican Population: Results according to Age and Sex

Table 1

Anthropometrics and clinical characteristics of the study population according to sex.

Variables	Total (n = 1150)	Men (n = 298)	Women (n = 852)	value
Age (years)^a	42 (20–66)	41 (18–70)	43 (21–65)	0.022
Height (m)^a	1.55 (1.43–1.74)	1.67 (1.56–1.80)	1.52 (1.42–1.64)	<0.001
Weight (kg)^a	66.1 (49.3–92.6)	75.55 (56.7–98.9)	63.45 (48.4–85.5)	<0.001
WC (cm)^a	92 (74–112)	96 (75–115)	90 (73–112)	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)^a	27.4 (20.9–36.7)	27.5 (20.7–34.9)	27.3 (21–37.1)	0.80
WHR (cm)^a	0.90 (0.80–1.01)	0.94 (0.82–1.05)	0.89 (0.79–0.99)	<0.001
WHtR (cm)^a	0.58 (0.45–0.73)	0.57 (0.44–0.69)	0.59 (0.47–0.74)	<0.001
Body fat (%)^a	39.9 (20.7–52.1)	28.2 (15.1–39.1)	42.5 (29.8–52.8)	<0.001
Visceral fat (%)^a	8 (4–16)	11 (3–20)	8 (4–13)	<0.001
Emergent anthropometric indices
AWI (cm)^a	3.12 (2.70–3.68)	3.13 (2.71–3.69)	3.12 (2.70–3.68)	0.47
HWrI (cm)^a	6.29 (5.42–7.34)	5.91 (5.35–6.68)	6.42 (5.56–7.42)	<0.001
WWrI (cm)^a	5.69 (4.73–6.68)	5.61 (4.58–6.40)	5.71 (4.77–6.76)	<0.001
WHHR (m^−1)^a	0.57 (0.49–0.66)	0.56 (0.47–0.65)	0.58 (0.50–0.67)	<0.001
W/Ht^2 (cm/m^2)^a	37.46 (28.39–49.79)	33.88 (25.71–43.01)	38.83 (29.93–50.63)	<0.001
W/Ht^3 (cm/m^3)^a	23.96 (16.99–34.19)	20.50 (14.86–27.33)	25.48 (18.58–35.16)	<0.001
Ht^3/W^3 (cm^3/m^3)^b	5.43 ± 2.37	5.94 ± 2.54	5.25 ± 2.29	<0.001
wBMI (kg/m)^a	25.11 (15.90–40.65)	26.74 (16.03–40.35)	24.65 (15.75–40.65)	0.009
PI^a	17.53 (12.99–24.28)	16.34 (11.95–21.07)	17.90 (13.31–24.82)	<0.001
BRI^a	5.10 (2.63–8.88)	4.81 (2.35–7.77)	5.23 (2.83–9.23)	<0.001
BAI^a	33.54 (24.76–47.31)	28.59 (22.05–37.26)	35.44 (26.90–48.09)	<0.001
ABSI (m^11/6 kg^−2/3)^a	0.100 (0.090–0.111)	0.101 (0.091–0.110)	0.100 (0.090–0.111)	0.031
CI (AU)^a	1.28 (1.14–1.42)	1.29 (1.14–1.42)	1.28 (1.14–1.43)	0.06
BFDI (m)^a	64.96 (55.76–80.08)	61.20 (53.30–70.91)	66.91 (57.31–81.40)	<0.001
AVI (L)^a	16.92 (10.95–25.08)	18.43 (11.40–26.45)	16.20 (10.65–25.08)	<0.001
PMI^a	1.14 (0.79–1.65)	1.11 (0.78–1.61)	1.15 (0.80–1.65)	0.027
Blood pressure measures
SBP (mmHg)^a	113 (91–152)	119 (95–151)	112 (90–152)	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)^a	74 (57–94)	75 (55–93)	74 (57–94)	0.83
Blood pressure category^c				<0.001
Normotensive	643 (55.91)	146 (48.99)	497 (58.33)
Prehypertension	342 (29.74)	111 (37.25)	231 (27.11)
Hypertension	165 (14.35)	41 (13.76)	124 (14.55)

ABSI, a body shape index; AVI, abdominal volume index; AWI, arm-waist index; BAI, body adiposity index; BFDI, body fat distribution index; BMI, body mass index; BRI, body roundness index; CI, conicity index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; Ht³/W³, height cubic to waist cubic; HWrI, hip-wrist index; PI, ponderal index; PMI, pulse mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; wBMI, waist corrected BMI; WC, waist circumference; WWrI, waist-wrist index; WHHR, waist to hip to height ratio; WHR, waist to hip ratio; W/Ht², waist to height square; W/Ht³, waist to height cubic; WHtR, waist to height ratio. Data shown represent ^amedian and percentile (p5th-p95th), ^bmean and standard deviation and ^cproportions (%). value <0.05 is statistically significant.