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Table 2 Total cardiovascular risk on the patients studied

From: Bioelectrical impedance outperforms waist circumference for predicting cardiometabolic risk in Congolese hypertensive subjects: a cross-sectional study

 

Framingham score (%)

 

All patients

Men

Women

 

13.4 (9.6)

17.4 (10.0)

10.8 (8.3)

BMI Quartile (Kg/m 2 ) [median (95% CI)]

1st quartile [22.0 (22.0 to 23.0)]

13.1 (10.2)

15.6 (11.0)

10.2 (8.4)

2nd quartile [26.0 (26.0 to 26.0)]

15.2 (10.0)

18.7 (9.9)

10.8 (8.4)

3rd quartile [29.0 (29.0 to 30.0)]

13.2 (8.9)

18.2 (8.6)

10.7 (8.1)

4th quartile [34.0 (33.0 to 35.9)]

12.1 (9.0)

17.9 (9.8)

11.1 (8.5)

p

0.17

0.40

0.95

WC Quartile (cm) [median (95% CI)]

1st quartile [79.0 (77.7 to 81.0)]

11.6 (10.0)

14.7 (11.1)

9.3 (8.5)

2nd quartile [91.0 (90.0 to 92.0)]

13.8 (9.2)

18.9 (9.4)

10.2 (7.1)

3rd quartile [99.0 (98.6 to 100)]

14.1 (9.6)

18.2 (9.4)

11.1 (8.6)

4th quartile [108.5 (108.0 to 110)]

14.3 (9.5)

18.8 (9.5)

12.4 (8.9)

p

0.17

0.18

0.20

VF Quartile (/30) [median (95% CI)]

1st quartile [6.0 (5.0 to 6.0)]

10.8 (9.4)

14.7 (10.7)

8.6 (7.6)

2nd quartile [9.0 (8.0 to 9.0)]

10.1 (8.6)

15.0 (10.2)

8.7 (7.5)

3rd quartile [11.0 (10.0 to 11.0)]

14.7 (8.8)

17.7 (9.6)

13.1 (8.0)

4th quartile [15.0 (14.0 to 15.0)]

18.7 (9.3)*

19.7 (9.2)*

16.3 (9.1)*

p

<0.0001

0.04

<0.0001

  1. *p < 0.05 compared to the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd quartiles.