Table 4 Associations between the categories of anthropometric parameters and the risk of high BP (univariate and multivariate analyses)

NC percentile categories:

<90th

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

≥90th

2.88

2.99

3.39

4.05

3.28

3.75

(1.82–4.56)

(1.88–4.77)

(2.58–4.46)

(3.03–5.41)

(2.53–4.26)

(2.86–4.91)

BMI categories:

Normal weight

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Overweight/ obesity

3.43

3.53

3.94

4.40

3.83

4.24

(2.21–5.31)

(2.27–5.48)

(3.02–5.14)

(3.32–5.83)

(2.98–4.93)

(3.26–5.51)

WC percentile categories:

<75th

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

≥75th

3.26

3.37

3.81

4.22

3.70

3.97

(2.04–5.22)

(2.09–5.42)

(2.87–5.07)

(3.12–5.70)

(2.82–4.85)

(2.99–5.26)

NC and BMI categories:

NC < 90th and normal weight

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

NC ≥ 90th and normal weight

1.68 ^NS

1.75^NS

1.87*

2.26

1.83*

2.12

(0.81–3.47)

(0.84–3.65)

(1.24–2.82)

(1.48–3.47)

(1.25–2.69)

(1.43–3.15)

NC < 90th and overweight/obesity

2.44*

2.53*

2.63

2.83

2.59

2.83

(1.33–4.50)

(1.36–4.68)

(1.83–3.78)

(1.93–4.13)

(1.85–3.64)

(1.98–4.02)

NC ≥ 90th and overweight/obesity

5.41

5.52

6.64

8.04

6.38

7.38

(3.05–9.63)

(3.09–9.84)

(4.58–9.62)

(5.43–11.92)

(4.47–9.12)

(5.09–10.70)

NC and WC percentile categories:

NC < 90th and WC < 75th

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

NC ≥ 90th and WC < 75th

2.59*

2.66*

2.20

2.52

2.28

2.56

(1.43–4.70)

(1.46–4.86)

(1.52–3.19)

(1.70–3.72)

(1.61–3.22)

(1.79–3.66)

NC < 90th and WC ≥ 75th

3.10

3.16

2.54

2.52

2.65

2.68

(1.67–5.76)

(1.68–5.91)

(1.70–3.79)

(1.65–3.84)

(1.83–3.84)

(1.82–3.94)

NC ≥ 90th and WC ≥ 75th

4.38

4.54

6.53

8.17

6.09

7.06

(2.26–8.49)

(2.34–8.83)

(4.39–9.71)

(5.37–12.43)

(4.15–8.95)

(4.74–10.51)