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Table 3 The association between lg VAI and high arterial stiffness in normal-weight adults with hypertension

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

Visceral adiposity index

Events (%)

Crude model

Model I

Model II

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Per unit increase in lgVAI

1493 (45.8)

1.60 (1.29, 1.98)

< 0.001

2.23 (1.72, 2.89)

< 0.001

2.13 (1.59, 2.86)

< 0.001

Quartile

       

Q1: < 0.86

329 (41.3)

1

 

1

 

1

 

Q2: 0.86– < 1.41

360 (43.3)

1.08 (0.89, 1.32)

0.429

1.09 (0.88, 1.35)

0.450

1.08 (0.85, 1.38)

0.519

Q3: 1.41- < 2.35

400 (49.1)

1.37 (1.12, 1.67)

0.002

1.51 (1.20, 1.89)

< 0.001

1.59 (1.23, 2.04)

< 0.001

Q4: ≥ 2.35

404 (49.6)

1.40 (1.15, 1.70)

0.001

1.79 (1.42, 2.27)

< 0.001

1.76 (1.35, 2.29)

< 0.001

P for trend

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

Categorical

       

Q1,2: < 1.41

689 (42.3)

1

 

1

 

1

 

Q3,4: ≥ 1.41

804 (49.3)

1.33 (1.16, 1.52)

< 0.001

1.56 (1.32, 1.83)

< 0.001

1.59 (1.32, 1.91)

< 0.001

  1. 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
  2. VAI, visceral adiposity index; baPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity