Visceral adiposity index is associated with arterial stiffness in hypertensive adults with normal-weight: the china H-type hypertension registry study

Table 2 The association between lg VAI and baPWV in normal-weight adults with hypertension

Visceral adiposity index	N	Mean ± SD	Crude model		Model I		Model II
Visceral adiposity index	N	Mean ± SD	β (95%CI)	P-value	β (95%CI)	P-value	β (95%CI)	P-value
Per unit increase in lgVAI	3258	18.2 ± 3.9	0.91 (0.49, 1.32)	< 0.001	1.32 (0.90, 1.74)	< 0.001	1.05 (0.67, 1.43)	< 0.001
Quartile
Q1: < 0.86	796	17.9 ± 3.7	Ref.(0)		Ref.(0)		Ref.(0)
Q2: 0.86– < 1.41	832	18.1 ± 4.0	0.18 (-0.20, 0.56)	0.345	0.15 (-0.20, 0.50)	0.415	0.09 (-0.22, 0.40)	0.562
Q3: 1.41– < 2.35	815	18.5 ± 3.9	0.61 (0.23, 0.99)	0.002	0.64 (0.28, 1.01)	0.001	0.61 (0.28, 0.93)	< 0.001
Q4: ≥ 2.35	815	18.5 ± 4.0	0.60 (0.22, 0.98)	0.002	0.89 (0.51, 1.27)	< 0.001	0.74 (0.40, 1.08)	< 0.001
P for trend				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Categorical
Q1,2: < 1.41	1628	18.0 ± 3.9	Ref.(0)		Ref.(0)		Ref.(0)
Q3,4: ≥ 1.41	1630	18.5 ± 3.9	0.51 (0.24, 0.78)	< 0.001	0.68 (0.41, 0.94)	< 0.0001	0.62 (0.38, 0.85)	< 0.0001

Crude model adjusted for: none; Model I adjusted for: sex; age; Model II adjusted for: sex; age; systolic blood pressure; diastolic blood pressure; years of hypertension; cigarette smoking; alcohol consumption; homocysteine; total cholesterol; estimated glomerular filtration rate; diabetes; relf-reported stroke and coronary heart disease; antihypertensive drugs; lipid-lowering drugs
VAI, visceral adiposity index; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity

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