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Table 2 the relationship of neck circumference with prehypertension and hypertension in Shaanxi adults aged 20–80 years in China, 2014 (n = 4279)

From: Neck circumference as an indicator of elevated blood pressure independent from body composition: implications from the China nation health survey (CNHS)

Pre-HTN

Model 1

Model 2

OR

95%CI

p

OR

95%CI

p

Overall

1.202

1.151

1.255

< 0.001

1.053

0.982

1.130

0.1475

Male

1.072

0.992

1.158

0.0792

1.052

0.972

1.140

0.2095

Female

1.150

1.052

1.256

0.0020

1.169

1.067

1.280

< 0.001

The effect of NC under different BMI categories

 Normal/under weight

  Overall

1.144

1.060

1.234

< 0.001

1.146

1.060

1.238

< 0.001

  Male

1.099

0.993

1.216

0.0692

1.075

0.968

1.194

0.1740

  Female

1.196

1.067

1.341

0.0021

1.210

1.077

1.361

0.0014

 Overweight

  Overall

1.027

0.927

1.139

0.6099

1.034

0.930

1.149

0.5367

  Male

0.985

0.863

1.124

0.8192

0.978

0.854

1.120

0.7484

  Female

1.089

0.923

1.285

0.3136

1.115

0.942

1.319

0.2045

 Obesity

  Overall

1.201

0.968

1.491

0.0960

1.224

0.960

1.561

0.1022

  Male

1.332

0.967

1.836

0.0797

1.318

0.927

1.874

0.1246

  Female

1.102

0.808

1.502

0.5399

1.196

0.830

1.724

0.3361

The effect of NC under abdominal obesity (AO) status

 AO

  Overall

1.099

0.985

1.227

0.0923

1.121

1.002

1.253

0.0462

  Male

1.040

0.855

1.265

0.6944

1.070

0.862

1.329

0.5378

  Female

1.127

0.986

1.287

0.0787

1.223

1.098

1.363

< 0.001

 No-AO

  Overall

1.165

1.099

1.233

< 0.001

1.166

1.100

1.237

< 0.001

  Male

1.138

1.063

1.219

< 0.001

1.127

1.051

1.210

< 0.001

  Female

1.221

1.099

1.357

< 0.001

1.136

0.993

1.299

0.0634

 HTN

  Overall

1.367

1.317

1.419

< 0.001

1.219

1.150

1.292

< 0.001

  Male

1.279

1.192

1.371

< 0.001

1.258

1.171

1.353

< 0.001

  Female

1.224

1.142

1.312

< 0.001

1.215

1.132

1.304

< 0.001

The effect of NC under different BMI categories

 Normal/under weight

  Overall

1.258

1.180

1.342

< 0.001

1.246

1.167

1.331

< 0.001

  Male

1.302

1.186

1.429

< 0.001

1.281

1.164

1.410

< 0.001

  Female

1.191

1.088

1.305

< 0.001

1.181

1.078

1.295

< 0.001

 Overweight

  Overall

1.264

1.162

1.376

< 0.001

1.262

1.157

1.377

< 0.001

  Male

1.233

1.098

1.384

< 0.001

1.233

1.094

1.389

< 0.001

  Female

1.287

1.137

1.457

< 0.001

1.276

1.125

1.448

< 0.001

 Obesity

  Overall

1.291

1.067

1.563

< 0.001

1.274

1.023

1.586

0.0304

  Male

1.424

1.053

1.925

0.0216

1.481

1.056

2.075

0.0227

  Female

1.203

0.936

1.546

0.1485

1.230

0.906

1.670

0.1852

The effect of NC under abdominal obesity (AO) status

 AO

  Overall

1.254

1.148

1.370

< 0.001

1.248

1.141

1.365

< 0.001

  Male

1.237

1.012

1.513

0.0378

1.270

1.016

1.587

0.0357

  Female

1.262

1.144

1.394

< 0.001

1.255

1.135

1.387

< 0.001

 No-AO

  Overall

1.356

1.289

1.425

< 0.001

1.344

1.277

1.414

< 0.001

  Male

1.372

1.289

1.460

< 0.001

1.354

1.271

1.444

< 0.001

  Female

1.286

1.179

1.401

< 0.001

1.276

1.170

1.391

< 0.001

  1. Model 1 adjusted for age, sex and BMI (categorized). Model 2: adjusted for age, sex (only in overall calculation), BMI, residential areas, education attainment, cigarette smoking (not in female), alcohol consumption (not in female), physical activity and serum lipids (TC and LDL-C). BMI Body mass index, NC Neck circumference, HTN Hypertension, pre-HTN Prehypertension, AO Abdominal obesity
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