Association between cardiometabolic index and hypertension among US adults from NHANES 1999-2020.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension, a major global health issue and leading cause of death, is often under-assessed by traditional metrics like Body Mass Index which fail to capture comprehensive cardiovascular risks associated with obesity. The Cardiometabolic Index (CMI), which evaluates abdominal obesity and dyslipidemia, offers a more accurate assessment of visceral fat and metabolic dysfunction. In this study, we analyzed data from 45,250 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey spanning 1999 to 2020. Using multivariable logistic regression, we explored the association between CMI and hypertension, employing Restricted Cubic Spline analysis to assess non-linear relationships and two-piecewise linear regression to identify threshold effects. Subgroup analyses confirmed the cons

SUBMITTER: Guo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787287 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature