Variations in Aging, Gender, Menopause, and Obesity and Their Effects on Hypertension in Taiwan

Table 1

A comparison of demographic information between healthy and hypertension groups.

	Healthy group; ()	Hypertension group; ()
Gender (%)			<0.001
Men	57.7%	48.8%
Women	42.3%	51.2%
Age > 50 year (%)	55.8%	80.8%	<0.001
Mean (SD)	49.9 (15.3)	60.2 (13.9)	<0.001
BMI	24.0%	36.5%	<0.001
Mean (SD)	23.5 (3.4)	251 (3.6)	<0.001
WC (%)	22.7%	40.6%	<0.001
Mean (SD)	79.5 (10.6)	85.0 (10.6)	<0.001
HC mean (SD)	93.7 (9.7)	95.6 (9.6)	<0.001
WHR (%)	51.6%	70.1%	<0.001
Mean (SD)	0.85 (0.13)	0.89 (0.11)	<0.001
WHtR (%)	69.2%	86.5%	<0.001
Mean (SD)	0.49 (0.07)	0.53 (0.07)	<0.001

BMI: >27 kg/cm² for male; >25 kg/cm² for female; WC (waist circumference): male: >90 cm for female: >85 cm; WHR: male: >0.9 for female: >0.8; and WHtR: male: >0.48 for female: >0.45.
HC: hip circumference, WHR by WC/HC in centimeters; WHtR by WC/height in centimeters.