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Table 2 Number of incident hypertension, person-years of follow-up by category of each anthropometric index

From: Anthropometric indices as predictors of hypertension among men and women aged 40–69 years in the Korean population: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study

Anthropometric indices

Men (n = 2,128)

Women (n = 2,326)

Quartile

N

Event

Person-years

Incidence rate/1,000 person-years

Quartile

N

Event

Person-years

Incidence rate/1,000 person-years

BMI(kg/m2)

Q1 (<21.97)

532

70

1,956.37

35.78

Q1 (<22.28)

581

77

2,152.03

35.78

 

Q2 (21.97-23.93)

532

83

1,923.07

43.16

Q2 (22.28-24.16)

582

77

2,173.86

35.42

 

Q3 (23.94-25.84)

532

107

1,906.85

56.11

Q3 (24.17-26.16)

581

92

2,129.02

43.21

 

Q4 (≥25.85)

532

124

1,863.28

66.55

Q4 (≥26.17)

582

128

2,070.47

61.82

WC(cm)

Q1 (<77.33)

528

61

1,941.20

31.42

Q1 (<73.00)

547

42

2,065.16

20.34

 

Q2 (77.33-82.49)

533

79

1,950.32

40.51

Q2 (73.00-78.99)

593

63

2,233.75

28.20

 

Q3 (82.50-87.66)

554

112

1,975.22

56.70

Q3 (79.00-86.16)

607

112

2,198.71

50.94

 

Q4 (≥87.67)

513

132

1,782.83

74.04

Q4 (≥86.17)

579

157

2,027.75

77.43

WHR

Q1 (<0.85)

534

56

1,968.62

28.45

Q1 (<0.79)

582

30

2,224.95

13.48

 

Q2 (0.85-0.87)

531

84

1,915.97

43.84

Q2 (0.79-0.84)

581

68

2,168.85

31.35

 

Q3 (0.88-0.91)

531

101

1,905.00

53.02

Q3 (0.85-0.91)

582

123

2,083.68

59.03

 

Q4 (≥0.92)

532

143

1,859.99

76.88

Q4 (≥0.92)

581

153

2,047.89

74.71

WHtR

Q1 (<0.46)

532

58

1,961.34

29.57

Q1 (<0.47)

582

36

2,212.78

16.27

 

Q2 (0.46-0.48)

532

78

1,935.73

40.29

Q2 (0.47-0.50)

581

67

2,169.60

30.88

 

Q3 (0.49-0.52)

532

109

1,907.64

57.14

Q3 (0.51-0.55)

581

109

2,109.73

51.67

 

Q4 (≥0.52)

532

139

1,844.87

75.34

Q4 (≥0.56)

582

162

2,033.27

79.67

Total

 

2,128

384

7,649.58

50.20

 

2,326

374

8,525.38

43.87

  1. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height-ratio.