Table 2 Linear regressions comparing the individual systolic blood pressures with the waist to height ratio and the body mass index.

From: Disparity in association of obesity measures with ankle and brachial systolic blood pressures in Europeans and South Asians

 

Systolic blood pressure

Wait to height ratio

Body mass index

Coefficient

P value

Adjusted R

Coefficient

P value

Adjusted R

Model 1

Right brachial

60.877

1.461 × 10–9

0.038

0.594

3.486 × 107

0.027

Left brachial

48.015

8.889 × 106

0.026

0.534

1.400 × 105

0.025

Left posterior tibial

55.748

1.568 × 104

0.015

1.150

5.124 × 1014

0.052

Left dorsalis pedis

52.692

3.909 × 104

0.013

0.940

1.806 × 109

0.033

Right posterior tibial

60.836

8.562 × 105

0.016

1.209

7.099 × 1014

0.051

Right dorsalis pedis

39.040

8.669 × 103

0.007

0.872

1.836 × 108

0.029

Model 2

Right brachial

26.967

0.004

0.245

0.490

1.997 × 106

0.266

Left brachial

16.740

0.098

0.244

0.434

6.560 × 105

0.259

Left posterior tibial

37.874

0.012

0.103

1.176

1.474 × 1015

0.153

Left dorsalis pedis

21.608

0.151

0.132

0.923

3.809 × 1010

0.172

Right posterior tibial

32.361

0.042

0.104

1.208

6.791 × 1015

0.150

Right dorsalis pedis

11.178

0.460

0.111

0.890

2.121 × 109

0.142

Model 3

Right brachial

27.75

0.00

0.26

0.51

9.162 × 107

0.27

Left brachial

16.76

0.10

0.24

0.440

5.868 × 105

0.26

Left posterior tibial

39.57

0.01

0.11

1.21

2.744 × 1016

0.16

Left dorsalis pedis

22.36

0.14

0.13

0.93

2.747 × 1010

0.17

Right posterior tibial

34.430

0.030

0.11

1.250

1.116 × 1015

0.16

Right dorsalis pedis

12.62

0.40

0.11

0.91

8.619 × 109

0.14

Model 4

Right brachial

26.11

0.01

0.25

0.48

4.304 × 106

0.26

Left brachial

14.49

0.16

0.24

0.41

2.093 × 104

0.26

Left posterior tibial

32.56

0.03

0.11

1.15

1.854 × 1014

0.15

Left dorsalis pedis

14.95

0.33

0.14

0.87

8.888 × 109

0.17

Right posterior tibial

24.69

0.12

0.11

1.14

6.176 × 1013

0.15

Right dorsalis pedis

4.54

0.77

0.12

0.84

3.819 × 108

0.14

Model 5

Right brachial

26.51

0.01

0.25

0.50

2.448 × 106

0.27

Left brachial

14.500

0.16

0.24

0.42

1.882 × 104

0.26

Left posterior tibial

33.54

0.03

0.11

1.18

4.559 × 1015

0.16

Left dorsalis pedis

15.54

0.31

0.14

0.88

6.387 × 109

0.17

Right posterior tibial

26.01

0.10

0.12

1.18

1.114 × 1013

0.16

Right dorsalis pedis

5.39

0.73

0.12

0.86

1.926 × 108

0.15

Model 6

Left brachial

0.48

0.90

0.25

0.40

3.37 × 104

0.27

Right brachial

2.49

0.43

0.26

0.48

3.74 × 106

0.28

Left posterior tibial

9.15

0.15

0.11

1.14

4.18 × 1014

0.16

Right posterior tibial

5.45

0.42

0.12

1.14

7.41 × 1013

0.15

Left dorsalis pedis

2.42

0.70

0.14

0.86

1.40 × 108

0.18

Right dorsalis pedis

5.55

0.39

0.13

0.82

7.83 × 108

0.15

  1. Model 1: univariate analysis.
  2. Model 2: adjusted for sex, age, and ethnicity.
  3. Model 3: adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, CVD.
  4. Model 4: adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, T2DM.
  5. Model 5: adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, CVD, T2DM.
  6. Model 6: adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, cardiovascular diseases, and Type 2 diabetes, and hypertension treatments.
  7. Bold text: statistical significance using a P value < 0.05.
  8. CVD: cardiovascular disease; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus.