Table 1 Gender-based anthropometric and BP measurement for the study participants as tested by the Chi-squared test
Variable | Alternatives | Sexa | Total, n (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male, n (%) Female, n (%) | |||||
Abdominal obesity | Present | 42 (24.9) | 46 (32.2) | 88 (28.2) | 0.018** |
Absent | 127 (75.2) | 97 (67.8) | 224 (71.8) | ||
BMI | Normal | 85 (59.4) | 58 (40.6) | 143 (45.8) | <0.0001** |
Overweight | 73 (52.5) | 66 (47.5) | 139 (44.6) | ||
Obese | 11 (36.7) | 19 (63.5) | 30 (9.6) | ||
WC | Low risk | 82 (61.7) | 51 (38.3) | 133 (42.6) | 0.478 |
Increased risk | 37 (42.5) | 50 (57.5) | 87 (27.9) | ||
Substantially increased risk | 50 (54.3) | 42 (45.7) | 92 (29.5) | ||
WHR | Low risk | 42 (30.0) | 98 (70.0) | 140 (44.9) | 0.075 |
Substantially increased risk | 127 (73.8) | 45 (26.2) | 172 (55.0) | ||
WHtR | Low risk | 22 (13.1) | 42 (29.6) | 64 (20.6) | 0.138 |
Increased risk | 88 (52.4) | 77 (54.2) | 165 (53.2) | ||
Substantially increased risk | 59 (34.9) | 23 (16.2) | 81 (26.2) | ||
SBP | Normal | 99 (58.6) | 78 (54.5) | 177 (56.7) | <0.0001** |
Pre-HTN | 34Â (20.1) | 34 (23.8) | 68 (21.8) | ||
HTN | 36 (21.3) | 31 (21.7) | 67 (21.5) | ||
DBP | Normal | 127 (75.1) | 102 (71.3) | 229 (73.4) | <0.0001** |
Pre-HTN | 10 (5.9) | 15 (10.5) | 25 (8.0) | ||
HTN | 32 (18.9) | 26 (18.9) | 58 (18.6) | ||