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The association of wrist circumference with hypertension in northeastern Chinese residents in comparison with other anthropometric obesity indices.
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- Wrist circumference (WrC) in early gestation: A novel anthropometric predictor of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Asian Indian women.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Comparison of conventional and unconventional obesity indices associated with new-onset hypertension in different sex and age populations.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Emergent Anthropometric Indices in Differential Prediction of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Mexican Population: Results according to Age and Sex.International journal of hypertension · 2022Article
- Wrist circumference as a novel predictor of transition from metabolically healthy to unhealthy phenotype in overweight/obese adults: a gender-stratified 15.5-year follow-up.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Neck and Wrist Circumferences as Indicators of Metabolic Alterations in the Pediatric Population: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The correlation between neck circumference and risk factors in patients with hypertension: What matters.Medicine · 2020Article
- Predictive value of relative fat mass algorithm for incident hypertension: a 6-year prospective study in Chinese population.BMJ open · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundWrist circumference (WrC) is an easily obtained measure in estimating the body frame and regional fat distribution, and has increasingly used as an obesity index. The aim of our study is to estimate the association of WrC with elevated blood pressure (BP) among northeastern Chinese community-dwelling residents, and compare the strength of this association to other anthropometric obesity indices.
methodsA total of 2,331 adult participants (761 male participants, and 1,570 female participants) were included. WrC and other five generally used obesity indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and neck circumference (NC) were measured. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP)/diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥140/90 mmHg or anti-hypertensive medication use. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were performed to identify associations of BP and hypertension with per standard deviation (SD) increase of obesity indices. Areas under receiver operative characteristic curves (AUC) were calculated to compare the predicting capacity of WrC and other obesity indices on hypertension.
resultsAll of the six obesity indices were positively associated with both SBP and DBP after adjustment for age and gender (
conclusionsWrC was associated with hypertension among northeastern Chinese populations. However, the association was not stronger than the other generally used indices, particularly BMI.
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