Research Article

The Value of Four Anthropometric Indicators for Identifying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chinese Hypertensive Patients

Table 4

OR (95% CI) for LVH by the quartiles of BMI, WC, WHR, and WHtR.

IndexQ1 valueQ2 valueQ3 valueQ4 value

BMI≤23.6423.64∼26.0226.03∼28.50≥28.51
 CrudeReference1.54 (1.29; 1.83)<0.012.12 (1.79; 2.52)<0.013.23 (2.71; 3.84)<0.01
 Model 1Reference1.70 (1.41; 2.05)<0.012.34 (1.95; 2.81)<0.013.62 (3.01; 4.35)<0.01
 Model 2Reference1.72 (1.42; 2.10)<0.012.40 (2.00; 2.92)<0.013.55 (2.90; 4.35)<0.01
WC≤7980∼8687∼92≥93
 CrudeReference1.37 (1.16; 1.61)<0.011.65 (1.38; 1.98)<0.012.00 (1.70; 2.36)<0.01
 Model 1Reference1.45 (1.22; 1.72)<0.011.81 (1.51; 2.23)<0.012.23 (1.87; 2.65)<0.01
 Model 2Reference1.43 (1.19; 1.72)<0.011.75 (1.42; 2.15)<0.012.23 (1.84; 2.70)<0.01
WHtR≤0.50.51∼0.540.55∼0.58≥0.59
 CrudeReference1.56 (1.31; 1.86)<0.012.14 (1.79; 2.56)<0.013.37 (2.82; 4.03)<0.01
 Model 1Reference1.57 (1.31; 1.88)<0.012.11 (1.75; 2.55)<0.013.21 (2.65; 3.89)<0.01
 Model 2Reference1.64 (1.32; 1.95)<0.012.23 (1.82; 2.73)<0.013.23 (2.62; 3.99)<0.01
WHR≤0.830.84∼0.870.88∼0.90≥0.91
 CrudeReference1.21 (1.03; 1.41)<0.051.22 (1.02; 1.47)<0.051.34 (1.13; 1.59)<0.05
 Model 1Reference1.30 (1.10; 1.52)<0.051.33 (1.10; 1.60)<0.051.59 (1.33; 1.92)<0.05
 Model 2Reference1.21 (1.02; 1.44)<0.051.22 (1.00; 1.49)<0.051.44 (1.18; 1.75)<0.05

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex. Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, serum glucose, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood urea nitrogen, and serum uric acid.