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 3 Bivariate logistic regression models presenting different body composition parameters as predictors of hypertension in urban black male and female South African adults

	Male		Female
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p value
Body mass index (kg/m²)	1.11 (1.08;1.14)	≤0.001	1.03 (1.01;1.05)	0.003
Waist Circumference (cm)	1.04 (1.03;1.05)	≤0.001	1.02 (1.01;1.03)	≤0.001
Whole body fat mass (FM) (kg)	1.06 (1.04;1.08)	≤0.001	1.02 (1.00;1.04)	0.04
Whole body fat free soft tissue mass (FFSTM) (kg)	1.04 (1.03;1.06)	≤0.001	1.03 (1.00;1.05)	0.03
FM/FFSTM	70.37 (18.47; 268.16)	≤0.001	2.48 (0.86;7.21)	0.09
Body fat %	1.09 (1.06; 1.12)	≤0.001	1.03 (1.00;1.06)	0.06
Subcutaneous adipose tissue (cm²)	1.004 (1.003;1.005)	≤0.001	1.001 (1.000;1.002)	0.03
Visceral adipose tissue (cm²)	1.01 (1.00;1.02)	≤0.001	1.007 (1.003;1.01)	0.001

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