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General and Abdominal Adiposity and Hypertension in Eight World Regions: A Pooled Analysis of 837 Population-Based Studies With 7·5 Million Participants Publisher Pubmed

Summary: Which body measure predicts hypertension? A study found BMI and waist-to-height ratio equally predict high blood pressure, but regional differences affect waist size. #Hypertension #HealthMetrics

Zhou B1 ; Bennett JE1 ; Wickham AP1 ; Singleton RK1 ; Mishra A2 ; Carrillolarco RM3 ; Ikeda N4 ; Jain L1 ; Barradaspires A1 ; Heap RA1 ; Lhoste VPF1 ; Sheffer KE1 ; Phelps NH1 ; Rayner AW1 Show All Authors
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  1. Zhou B1
  2. Bennett JE1
  3. Wickham AP1
  4. Singleton RK1
  5. Mishra A2
  6. Carrillolarco RM3
  7. Ikeda N4
  8. Jain L1
  9. Barradaspires A1
  10. Heap RA1
  11. Lhoste VPF1
  12. Sheffer KE1
  13. Phelps NH1
  14. Rayner AW1
  15. Gregg EW1, 5
  16. Woodward M1, 6
  17. Stevens GA7
  18. Iurilli MLC1
  19. Danaei G8
  20. Cesare MD9
  21. Aguilarsalinas CA10
  22. Ahmad NA11
  23. Bovet P12, 588
  24. Chen Z13
  25. Damasceno A14
  26. Filippi SL1
  27. Janszky I15
  28. Kengne AP16
  29. Khang YH17
  30. Khunti K18
  31. Laxmaiah A19
  32. Lim L20
  33. Lissner L21
  34. Margozzini P22
  35. Mbanya JC23
  36. Mcgarvey S24
  37. Shaw JE25
  38. Soderberg S26
  39. Sotomota LA10
  40. Wang J1
  41. Zaccardi F18
  42. Ezzati M1, 27
  43. Abarcagomez L28
  44. Abbasikangevari M29
  45. Abdrakhmanova S30
  46. Abdul Ghaffar SA11
  47. Abdul Rahim HF31
  48. Abdurrahmonova Z32
  49. Aburmeileh NM33
  50. Acostacazares B34
  51. Adam I35
  52. Adamczyk M36
  53. Aekplakorn W37
  54. Agdeppa IA38
  55. Aghazadehattari J39
  56. Agyemang C40
  57. Ahmad MH11
  58. Ahmadi A41
  59. Ahmadi N29
  60. Ahmadi N29
  61. Ahmed SH43
  62. Ahrens W44
  63. Aitmurzaeva G45
  64. Ajlouni K46
  65. Alhazzaa HM47
  66. Alhinai H48
  67. Allawati JA48
  68. Alraddadi R49
  69. Asfoor DA50
  70. Al Hourani HM51
  71. Alarouj M52
  72. Albuhairan F53
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  77. Alkhatib BM51
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  79. Amarapurkar DN56
  80. Amiano Etxezarreta P57
  81. Amougou N58
  82. Andersen LB59
  83. Anderssen SA60
  84. Androutsos O61
  85. Anjana RM62
  86. Ansarimoghaddam A63
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  88. Aounallahskhiri H65
  89. Aris T11
  90. Arku RE66
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  353. Gialluisi A127, 254
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  363. Gomez G168
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  365. Gomez LF178
  366. Gomez SF264, 265
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  368. Goncalves Cordeiro Da Silva B69
  369. Goncalves H69
  370. Goncalves M267
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  382. Groholt EK107
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  410. Hari Kumar R19
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  413. Hassapidou M297
  414. Hata J298
  415. Haugsgjerd T67
  416. Heinen M299
  417. Hendriks ME300
  418. Henrique RDS294
  419. Henriques A301
  420. Hernandez Cadena LH302
  421. Herrala S70
  422. Herreracuenca M134
  423. Herrera VM303
  424. Herteraeberli I304
  425. Herzig KH70, 71
  426. Heshmat R305
  427. Hill AG192
  428. Ho SY306
  429. Holdsworth M278
  430. Homayounfar R307
  431. Homs C264, 540
  432. Hoogendijk EO167
  433. Horimoto ARVR110
  434. Hormiga CM308
  435. Horta BL69
  436. Houti L309
  437. Howitt C288
  438. Htay TT310
  439. Htet AS118
  440. Htike MMT311
  441. Huerta JM155
  442. Huhtaniemi IT1
  443. Huiart L312
  444. Petrescu CH181
  445. Huisman M313
  446. Husseini A33
  447. Huybrechts I314
  448. Hwalla N315
  449. Iacoviello L127, 254
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  451. Iannone AG316
  452. Igland J67
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  454. Iotova V245
  455. Irazola VE284
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  459. Islam SMS321
  460. Islek D3
  461. Ittermann T201
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  463. Iwasaki M323
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  475. Jelakovic A87
  476. Jelakovic B195
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  479. Jockel KH333
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  512. Keinanenkiukaanniemi S70
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  515. Kemper HCG167
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  517. Kersting M351
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  519. Khaledifar A41
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  521. Kheiri B307
  522. Kheradmand M352
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  526. Kiechl S354, 355
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  731. Naidu BM458
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  748. Nie P464
  749. Nietomartinez RE465
  750. Niiranen TJ324, 507
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  752. Nishi N4
  753. Nishtar S466
  754. Noale M411
  755. Noboa OA125
  756. Nogueira H408
  757. Norton KI467
  758. Noto D84
  759. Nowakszczepanska N266
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  761. Nuhoglu I218
  762. Nurk E392
  763. Nuwaha F454
  764. Nyirenda M469
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  766. Ochimana C8
  767. Ochoaaviles AM200
  768. Oda E471
  769. Odili AN472
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  771. Ohtsuka R474
  772. Oldenburg B25
  773. Olie V193
  774. Omar MA11
  775. Omar SM475
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  777. Ong SK477
  778. Onlandmoret NC249
  779. Ono LM478
  780. Onodugo O317
  781. Ordunez P146
  782. Ornelas R479
  783. Ortiz AP480
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Source: The Lancet Published:2024


Abstract

Background: Adiposity can be measured using BMI (which is based on weight and height) as well as indices of abdominal adiposity. We examined the association between BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) within and across populations of different world regions and quantified how well these two metrics discriminate between people with and without hypertension. Methods: We used data from studies carried out from 1990 to 2023 on BMI, WHtR and hypertension in people aged 20–64 years in representative samples of the general population in eight world regions. We graphically compared the regional distributions of BMI and WHtR, and calculated Pearson's correlation coefficients between BMI and WHtR within each region. We used mixed-effects linear regression to estimate the extent to which WHtR varies across regions at the same BMI. We graphically examined the prevalence of hypertension and the distribution of people who have hypertension both in relation to BMI and WHtR, and we assessed how closely BMI and WHtR discriminate between participants with and without hypertension using C-statistic and net reclassification improvement (NRI). Findings: The correlation between BMI and WHtR ranged from 0·76 to 0·89 within different regions. After adjusting for age and BMI, mean WHtR was highest in south Asia for both sexes, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa. Mean WHtR was lowest in central and eastern Europe for both sexes, in the high-income western region for women, and in Oceania for men. Conversely, to achieve an equivalent WHtR, the BMI of the population of south Asia would need to be, on average, 2·79 kg/m2 (95% CI 2·31–3·28) lower for women and 1·28 kg/m2 (1·02–1·54) lower for men than in the high-income western region. In every region, hypertension prevalence increased with both BMI and WHtR. Models with either of these two adiposity metrics had virtually identical C-statistics and NRIs for every region and sex, with C-statistics ranging from 0·72 to 0·81 and NRIs ranging from 0·34 to 0·57 in different region and sex combinations. When both BMI and WHtR were used, performance improved only slightly compared with using either adiposity measure alone. Interpretation: BMI can distinguish young and middle-aged adults with higher versus lower amounts of abdominal adiposity with moderate-to-high accuracy, and both BMI and WHtR distinguish people with or without hypertension. However, at the same BMI level, people in south Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa, have higher WHtR than in the other regions. Funding: UK Medical Research Council and UK Research and Innovation (Innovate UK). © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license
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