Different adiposity indices and their association with blood pressure and hypertension in middle-aged urban black South African men and women: findings from the AWI-GEN South African Soweto Site

Table 2 Bivariate regression models examining the association between body composition parameters and systolic/diastolic blood pressure in urban male and female black South African adults

	Male		Female
	B (95% CI)	p value	B (95% CI)	p value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.91 (0.69;1.14)	≤0.001	0.29 (0.10;0.49)	0.003
Waist circumference (cm)	0.38 (0.30;0.46)	≤0.001	0.22 (0.13;0.31)	≤0.001
hole body fat mass (FM) (kg)	0.61 (0.40;0.70)	≤0.001	0.20 (0.03;0.40)	0.02
Whole body fat free soft tissue mass (FFSTM) (kg)	0.44 (0.27;0.62)	≤0.001	0.28 (0.04;0.53)	0.02
FM/FFSTM	42.93 (30.26;55.60)	≤0.001	10.61 (−0.10; 21.32)	0.05
Body fat %	0.85 (0.61;1.10)	≤0.001	0.35 (0.05;0.65)	0.02
Subcutaneous adipose tissue (cm²)	0.04 (0.03;0.05)	≤0.001	0.02 (0.001;0.03)	0.001
Visceral adipose tissue (cm²)	0.15 (0.11;0.18)	≤0.001	0.07 (0.03;0.11)	0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.60 (0.46;0.74)	≤0.001	0.28 (0.20;0.36)	≤0.001
Waist Circumference (cm)	0.25 (0.20;0.30)	≤0.001	0.17 (0.13;0.21)	≤0.001
Whole body fat mass (FM) (kg)	0.39 (0.27;0.50)	≤0.001	0.18 (0.10;0.26)	≤0.001
Whole body fat free soft tissue mass (FFSTM) (kg)	0.29 (0.18;0.40)	≤0.001	0.21 (0.10;0.32)	≤0.001
FM/FFSTM	26.72 (18.80;34.63)	≤0.001	9.62 (4.72;14.52)	≤0.001
Body fat %	0.53 (0.38;0.68)	≤0.001	0.28 (0.14;0.42)	≤0.001
Subcutaneous adipose tissue (cm²)	0.03 (0.02;0.03)	≤0.001	0.01 (0.007;0.02)	≤0.001
Visceral adipose tissue (cm²)	0.09 (0.07;0.11)	≤0.001	0.05 (0.03;0.07)	≤0.001

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