Table 1.
Characteristics of 18- to 65-y-old, normotensive participants in 20061.
Fig 1.
Five-year cumulative incidence and 95% CI of hypertension in Chinese adults (new cases per 100 persons at risk) by levels of (A) BMI, (B) WC, (C) WHR, (D) WSR in 2006.
* Different from women, P < 0.05 chi-square test; P-trend < 0.001 for all.
Table 2.
Obesity indices and incidence of hypertension.
Fig 2.
ROC curves for obesity indices in relation to incidence of hypertension.
ROC, receiver operating characteristic; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist:hip ratio; WSR, waist:stature ratio.
Table 3.
Sex-specific AUC by different anthropometric indices for the prediction of hypertension.
Table 4.
Optimal obesity index cutoffs for predicting incidence of hypertension.