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

Table 3

Obesity using anthropometric indices correlated to the risk (odds ratio) of hypertension, adjusted for education levels and race across gender and age groups, using multivariate logistic regression.

	Men ()		Women ()
	Aged < 50; ()	Aged > 50; ()	Aged < 50; ()	Aged > 50; ()
BMI	2.39 (1.84–3.10)	2.23 (1.84–2.70)	2.53 (1.89–3.40)	1.88 (1.62–2.18)
WC	2.08 (1.62–2.67)	1.91 (1.64–2.24)	1.93 (1.36–2.73)	1.55 (1.33–1.80)
WHR	1.71 (1.35–2.17)	1.36 (1.16–1.59)	2.01 (1.50–2.68)	1.81 (1.52–2.15)
WHtR	2.08 (1.61–2.67)	1.80 (1.49–2.18)	2.86 (2.02–4.04)	1.73 (1.35–2.23)
Obesity scores
0	1	1	1	1
1	1.31 (0.94–1.84)	1.57 (1.22–2.04)	2.02 (1.26–3.23)	0.82 (0.58–1.15)
2	1.79 (1.25–2.56)	1.42 (1.11–1.81)	2.50 (1.63–3.83)	1.67 (1.23–2.27)
3	2.19 (1.49–3.20)	2.18 (1.68–2.81)	3.86 (2.36–6.31)	2.03 (1.47–2.81)
4	3.56 (2.46–5.12)	3.69 (2.77–4.92)	4.94 (3.03–8.06)	2.57 (1.86–3.53)

BMI: >27 kg/cm² for men; >25 kg/cm² for women; WC: >90 cm for men >85 cm for women; WHR: >0.9 for men; >0.8 for women; and WHtR: >0.48 for men; >0.45 for women; obesity scores are calculated as the total number of abnormal items from the four indicators of obesity.
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