Abdominal Obesity, Body Mass Index, and Hypertension in US Adults: NHANES 2007-2010

• Published in: American journal of hypertension Vol. 25; no. 12; pp. 1271 - 1278
• Main Authors: Ostchega, Yechiam, Hughes, Jeffery P., Terry, Ana, Fakhouri, Tala H.I., Miller, Ivey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Oxford University Press 01.12.2012; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Black or African American; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Body Mass Index; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Hispanic or Latino; Humans; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - ethnology; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Nutrition Surveys; Obesity; Obesity, Abdominal - diagnosis; Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology; Obesity, Abdominal - ethnology; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Risk Factors; United States - epidemiology; White People; Young Adult; United States; blood pressure; NHANES; abdominal obesity; hypertension; BMI; Hypertension; Body mass index; Obesity; Nutrition disorder; Cardiovascular disease; Arterial pressure; Blood pressure; Nutritional status

Background Both abdominal obesity, defined as waist circumference (WC) ≥102 cm for men and WC ≥88 cm for women and increased body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) are known to be associated with hypertension. The aim of this study was to examine the independent and the combined relationship between abdominal...