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Table 3 Trends in adiposity and blood pressure parameters by gender

From: Four-year trends in adiposity and its association with hypertension in serial groups of young adult university students in urban Cameroon: a time-series study

Variables

Overall

2009

2010

2011

2012

p-value

p-trend

Men, N (%)

1893 (100)

389 (20.6)

300 (15.9)

504 (26.6)

700 (36.9)

  

 SBP, mmHg

120 (12)

121 (10)

120 (11)

118 (12)

120 (13)

0.003

0.0002

 DBP, mmHg

70 (10)

72 (9)

72 (10)

69 (10)

70 (10)

<0.0001

<0.0001

 Hypertension, n (%)

133 (7.0)

22 (5.7)

20 (6.7)

30 (5.9)

61 (8.7)

0.160

0.063

 BMI, kg/m2

22.9 (2.8)

22.7 (2.9)

22.8 (2.8)

22.8 (2.6)

23.2 (2.9)

0.007

0.501

 Obesity, n (%)

39 (2.1)

6 (1.5)

7 (2.3)

8 (1.6)

18 (2.6)

0.551

0.336

 Overweight and obesity, n (%)

332 (17.5)

51 (13.1)

51 (17.0)

84 (16.7)

146 (20.9)

0.012

0.002

 Waist circumference, cm

76.1 (6.5)

76.5 (5.8)

75.9 (6.3)

76.3 (5.6)

75.8 (7.4)

0.320

0.639

 Abdominal obesity, n (%)

9 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

3 (0.6)

4 (0.6)

0.843

0.429

 Hip circumference, cm

94.4 (6.9)

94.5 (7.5)

95.4 (6.6)

93.2 (5.9)

94.8 (7.1)

<0.0001

0.004

 WHR

0.81 (0.05)

0.81 (0.04)

0.79 (0.04)

0.82 (0.04)

0.80 (0.06)

<0.0001

0.011

 WHtR

0.44 (0.04)

0.44 (0.04)

0.43 (0.04)

0.44 (0.03)

0.43 (0.04)

0.065

0.424

Women, N (%)

833 (100)

170 (20.4)

169 (20.3)

186 (22.3)

308 (37.0)

  

 SBP, mmHg

113 (12)

114 (11)

114 (11)

113 (14)

113 (13)

0.565

0.241

 DBP, mmHg

70 (10)

71 (10)

72 (9)

69 (10)

70 (10)

0.007

0.009

 Hypertension, n (%)

39 (4.7)

11 (6.5)

6 (3.6)

6 (3.2)

16 (5.2)

0.426

0.700

 BMI, kg/m2

23.7 (4.1)

23.7 (4.1)

23.0 (3.9)

23.5 (3.6)

24.1 (4.6)

0.057

0.675

 Obesity, n (%)

56 (6.7)

11 (6.5)

7 (4.2)

7 (3.8)

31 (10.1)

0.020

0.064

 Overweight and obesity, n (%)

239 (28.7)

44 (25.9)

45 (26.8)

47 (25.3)

103 (33.4)

0.144

0.068

 Waist circumference, cm

75.1 (8.8)

75.2 (8.8)

73.7 (8.2)

75.5 (7.6)

75.6 (9.7)

0.149

0.709

 Abdominal obesity, n (%)

64 (7.8)

11 (6.5)

9 (5.6)

8 (4.3)

36 (11.7)

0.011

0.027

 Hip circumference, cm

98.8 (9.4)

100.6 (9.9)

98.3 (9.0)

97.6 (8.2)

98.8 (10.0)

0.018

0.002

 WHR

0.76 (0.05)

0.75 (0.05)

0.75 (0.05)

0.77 (0.05)

0.76 (0.05)

<0.0001

<0.0001

 WHtR

0.46 (0.05)

0.46 (0.05)

0.45 (0.05)

0.46 (0.05)

0.46 (0.06)

0.108

0.764

  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation), unless indicated otherwise; DBP diastolic blood pressure, SBP, systolic blood pressure, WHR, waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR, waist-to-height ratio