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Anthropometric risk factors and predictors of hypertension among Saudi adult population – A national survey

Authors
Abdalla Abdelwahid Saeed*, saeed.abdalla@gmail.com, Nasser Abdurahman Al-Hamdan
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University – Health Sciences, Dept. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, PO Box 58046, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
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Corresponding Author
Abdalla Abdelwahid Saeedsaeed.abdalla@gmail.com
Received 19 March 2013, Revised 3 July 2013, Accepted 8 August 2013, Available Online 9 October 2013.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.004How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Hypertension; Anthropometrics; Predictors; Adults; Saudi Arabia
Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed at determining the anthropometric predictors of hypertension among adults in Saudi Arabia. Multi-stage stratified sampling was used to select 4758 adult participants. The average of three blood pressure measurements using an automatic sphygmomanometer was considered the real blood pressure. Anthropometric measurements and socio-demographics were obtained from participants. The overall prevalence of hypertension was 25.5%. Hypertension was significantly positively associated with selected anthropometric measurements. Selected anthropometric measures were significant predictors of systolic and diastolic blood pressures except for hip measurements. Waist for height ratio was a significant predictor for isolated diastolic hypertension and combined systolic and diastolic hypertension. Waist circumference was the significant predictor for isolated systolic hypertension. Body mass index was a significant predictor for the combined systolic diastolic type. Waist for Hip Ratio was not a significant predictor for any of the hypertension subtypes.

Conclusion: Waist for height ratio is the most important predictor for blood pressure level and hypertension disease.

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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
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Pages
197 - 204
Publication Date
2013/10/09
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.004How to use a DOI?
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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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