Table 4 Prevalences of hypertension and prevalence ratios for hypertension by body types—all subjects
From: Association of hypertension with changes in the body mass index of university students
Sex | Body types | Freshman year | Senior year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypertensives/subjects | Prevalences of hypertension (%) | PRs (95% CIs) | Hypertensives/subjects | Prevalences of hypertension (%) | PRs (95% CIs) | ||
Male | Total | 341/4098 | 8.3 | – | 592/4098 | 14.4 | – |
Underweight | 16/275 | 5.8 | 0.82 (0.50–1.34) | 16/233 | 6.9 | 0.55 (0.34–0.90)* | |
Normal weight | 237/3348 | 7.1 | 1.00 | 410/3302 | 12.4 | 1.00 | |
Overweight | 62/397 | 15.6 | 2.21 (1.70–2.86)* | 122/485 | 25.2 | 2.03 (1.70–2.42)* | |
Obese | 26/78 | 33.3 | 4.71 (3.36–6.60)* | 44/78 | 56.4 | 4.54 (3.66–5.63)* | |
Female | Total | 22/2080 | 1.1 | – | 43/2080 | 2.1 | – |
Underweight | 1/167 | 0.6 | 0.76 (0.10–5.77) | 3/227 | 1.3 | 0.81 (0.25–2.64) | |
Normal weight | 14/1784 | 0.8 | 1.00 | 28/1715 | 1.6 | 1.00 | |
Overweight | 6/116 | 5.2 | 6.59 (2.58–16.83)* | 9/127 | 7.1 | 4.34 (2.09–9.00)* | |
Obese | 1/13 | 7.7 | 9.80 (1.33–69.17)* | 3/11 | 27.3 | 16.70 (5.95–46.91)* | |