Association Between Waist Circumference and the Prevalence of (Pre) Hypertension Among 27,894 US Adults.

ABSTRACT: Aims: This study aimed to investigate the association between waist circumference and the prevalence of (pre) hypertension. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the 2007-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. The historical trend of abdominal obesity was assessed by the Cochran-Armitage trend test. After preprocessed by the multiple imputation strategy, we used generalized additive models to assess the association of waist circumference with systolic/diastolic blood pressure and performed correlation analysis by the Spearman correlation coefficient. Moreover, we used multivariable logistic regression (non-adjusted, minimally adjusted, and fully adjusted models), restricted cubic spline, and sensitivity analysis to investigate the association betwee

SUBMITTER: Sun JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8545886 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature