The utility of indirect measures of obesity in racial comparisons of blood pressure. CARDIA Study Group.
The associations between estimates of obesity derived from anthropometric measurements (body mass index, the sum of three skin folds, and the computed percent body fat) and blood pressures were examined by multiple regression analysis in 4508 young black and white adults. The three estimates of obesity yielded similar results in regression analyses. The strength of associations between these three estimates of obesity and systolic and diastolic blood pressures did not differ in black and white subjects of either sex. All three estimates lead to the same interpretation of the relationship between obesity and systolic or diastolic blood pressure. Estimated percent body fat offered no advantage over the other indices in this context.
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Division of Cancer Control, Illinois Cancer Council, Chicago 60603.
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D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D044383:Black People; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014481:United States; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American