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Table 3 Association of socioeconomic status with incident hypertension, stratified by BMI and WC

From: Gender differences in the association between socioeconomic status and hypertension incidence: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)

  

Education attainment (years)

Monthly household income (*104 KRW)

  

High (≥10 years)

Medium (7–9 years)

Low (0–6 years)

 

High (≥200)

Medium (100–199)

Low (<100)

 
  

HR

HR (95 % CI)

HR (95 % CI)

P for trend

HR

HR (95 % CI)

HR (95 % CI)

P for trend

Men

         

 BMI (kg/m2)

≥25

1.00

1.06 (0.77–1.47)

0.94 (0.62–1.41)

0.722

1.00

0.72 (0.52–1.00)

0.96 (0.65–1.41)

0.829

 

<25

1.00

1.25 (0.92–1.69)

1.28 (0.92–1.77)

0.155

1.00

0.83 (0.59–1.16)

1.37 (0.99–1.92)

0.061

 Central Obesity

Yes

1.00

1.07 (0.71–1.62)

1.30 (0.83–2.05)

0.747

1.00

0.63 (0.40–0.97)

0.96 (0.62–1.50)

0.870

 

No

1.00

1.19 (0.91–1.54)

1.06 (0.79–1.43)

0.201

1.00

0.81 (0.61–1.06)

1.19 (0.89–1.60)

0.235

Women

         

 Obesity

Yes

1.00

1.53 (1.02–2.29)

1.85 (1.24–2.75)

0.041

1.00

1.10 (0.76–1.61)

1.61 (1.12–2.31)

<0.001

 

No

1.00

1.47 (0.97–2.23)

1.62 (1.08–2.41)

0.069

1.00

1.06 (0.70–1.60)

1.63 (1.10–2.40)

0.015

 Central Obesity

Yes

1.00

1.54 (0.94–2.52)

1.63 (1.03–2.57)

0.037

1.00

1.12 (0.72–1.76)

1.42 (0.94–2.16)

0.004

 

No

1.00

1.48 (1.03–2.12)

1.71 (1.17–2.49)

0.005

1.00

0.98 (0.69–1.41)

1.67 (1.18–2.37)

0.078

  1. HR hazard ratio; KRW South Korea won; BMI body mass index; The central obesity was defined as WC ≥ 90 cm in men and WC ≥ 85 cm in women; Model included age, smoking status, alcohol consumption, blood pressure level, and family history of hypertension for adjustment