Association of Hypertension with Anthropometric Parameters among Indian Male Adults

Abstract

Obesity is chronic disease characterized by BMI >30 and body fat percentage >20%. It is often associated with non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases like hypertension. While the hypertension has been associated with obesity previously, present study aims to assess association of anthropometric parameters of obesity with hypertension including central obesity indicators and body fat percentage. Total 152 subjects were included for the study, 76 of them were of hypertensive and 76 were controls. All of the participants were subjected to evaluation of obesity parameters. BMI, Waist Hip Ratio, Body Fat Percentage and Ponderal index were found to significantly associated with hypertension. While BMI, Waist Hip ratio, body fat percentage and Ponderal index has the significant association with hypertension, central obesity indicators like waist hip ratio and body fat percentage using skinfold thickness measurement also show a significant association with hypertension with higher odds compared to BMI.