Table 2 Relationship between obese indexes and blood pressure by gender.

From: The value of hip circumference/heightx ratio for identifying childhood hypertension

Variable

Total(n = 1352)

Boys(n = 679)

Girls(n = 673)

SBP

DBP

SBP

DBP

SBP

DBP

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

Age(year)

0.259

<0.001

0.188

<0.001

0.205

<0.001

0.146

<0.001

0.313

<0.001

0.231

<0.001

Height(cm)

0.352

<0.001

0.219

<0.001

0.340

<0.001

0.185

<0.001

0.364

<0.001

0.260

<0.001

BMI(kg/m2)

0.459

<0.001

0245

<0.001

0.489

<0.001

0.230

<0.001

0.441

<0.001

0.299

<0.001

WC (cm)

0.444

<0.001

0.238

<0.001

0.499

<0.001

0.241

<0.001

0.400

<0.001

0.277

<0.001

Hip (cm)

0.486

<0.001

0.284

<0.001

0.496

<0.001

0.244

<0.001

0.477

<0.001

0.338

<0.001

Hip/height0.8

0.442

<0.001

0.251

<0.001

0.453

<0.001

0.213

<0.001

0.436

<0.001

0.310

<0.001

Hip/height

0.400

<0.001

0.224

<0.001

0.413

<0.001

0.191

<0.001

0.391

<0.001

0.280

<0.001

Hip/height1.5

0.229

<0.001

0.120

<0.001

0.259

<0.001

0.111

0.004

0.196

<0.001

0.143

<0.001

  1. BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.