Combining general and central measures of adiposity to identify risk of hypertension: a cross-sectional survey in rural India.
Rathina Srinivasa RagavanJordan IsmailRoger G EvansVelandai K SrikanthMatthew KayeRohina JoshiKavumpurathu R ThankappanClara K ChowMichaela A RiddellBrian OldenburgAjay MahalKartik KalyanramKamakshi KartikOduru SureshNihal ThomasGomathyamma K MiniPallab K MaulikSimin ArabshahiAmanda G ThriftPublished in: Obesity research & clinical practice (2023)
Overweight, as assessed by both general and central measures, is prevalent in rural southern India. WHO standard cut-offs are appropriate in this setting for assessing risk of hypertension. However, combining BMI with a measure of central adiposity identifies risk of hypertension better than any single measure. The risk of hypertension is significantly greater in those centrally and generally overweight than those overweight by a single measure.