Table 3 Linear regressions comparing the different systolic blood pressures measured against either the waist to height ratio or BMI by ethnic group.

Systolic blood pressure	Ethnicity	WHtR				BMI
Systolic blood pressure	Ethnicity	n	Coefficient	P value	Adjusted R	n	Coefficient	P value	Adjusted R
Left brachial	European	250	-15.436	0.439	0.194	250	0.516	0.012	0.212
Left brachial	South Asian	460	25.775	0.032	0.241	461	0.348	0.009	0.245
Right brachial	European	331	27.150	0.140	0.188	330	0.762	< 0.001	0.218
Right brachial	South Asian	581	22.792	0.045	0.244	582	0.350	0.004	0.249
Left posterior tibial	European	316	18.349	0.549	0.052	365	1.249	< 0.001	0.096
Left posterior tibial	South Asian	574	39.894	0.023	0.116	678	1.112	< 0.001	0.157
Right posterior tibial	European	327	12.268	0.698	0.046	375	1.411	< 0.001	0.102
Right posterior tibial	South Asian	573	25.684	0.161	0.148	676	1.026	< 0.001	0.168
Left dorsalis pedis	European	322	-9.554	0.752	0.093	369	0.776	0.007	0.122
Left dorsalis pedis	South Asian	578	26.700	0.134	0.132	672	0.912	< 0.001	0.154
Right dorsalis pedis	European	326	-37.654	0.206	0.069	371	0.609	0.038	0.079
Right dorsalis pedis	South Asian	576	22.917	0.194	0.143	671	0.959	< 0.001	0.162

Model is adjusted for adjusted for sex, age, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The ethnicities have been grouped into either European or south Asian (composed of Indian, Pakistani Bangladeshi, and other south Asian ethnicities).

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