Table 6: Relationship between obesity, abdominal obesity and hypertension (WHO/ISH classification).
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Variable |
Blood Pressure classification |
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Abdominal Obesity |
Not Hypertensive n (%) |
Hypertension n (%) |
X2 |
p-value |
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Using the WHO/ISH classification |
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Normal (18.5-24.9) |
8 (3.4) |
3 (3.3) |
< 0.1 |
0.990 |
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Overweight/Obese (25.0-30.0) |
230 (96.6) |
87 (96.7) |
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Waist Circumference (n = 396) |
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Not obese (Men < 102 cm; women < 88 cm) |
46 (19.3) |
10 (11.1) |
3.114 |
0.078 |
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Obese (Men ≥ 102 cm; women ≥ 88 cm) |
192 (80.7) |
80 (88.9) |
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Waist-Hip ratio (n = 393) |
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Not Obese (Men < 0.90; women < 0.85 ) |
115 (48.7) |
23 (25.8) |
13.855 |
< 0.01 |
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Obese (Men ≥ 0.90; Women ≥ 0.85) |
121 (51.3) |
66 (74.2) |
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Waist-Height Ratio (n = 394) |
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Not obese (< 0.5) |
9 (3.8) |
1 (1.1) |
1.897 |
0.168 |
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Obese (≥ 0.5) |
227 (96.2) |
88 (98.9) |
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