title: [Probability of arterial hypertension from anthropometric measures in adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To associate anthropometric measures with arterial hypertension and develop a mathematical model to estimate this probability.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was carried out with 3,445 adults of both sexes, between 18 and 60 years of age. Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHR), waist circumference (HC), in addition age and sex were assessed. Blood pressure (BP) was measured and classified according to World Health Organization (WHO) and Brazilian Society of Hypertension (SBH) recommendations, using frequency analyses, correlation and logistic regression between variables, with p < 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Males were twice as likely as woman to have hypertension, and for each year of life, the chance of hypertension increased 1.04 times. Odds ratio of hypertension in overweight individual increased two times, and in obese subjects, four times.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Changes in body composition with advancing age, especially in men, were associated with hypertension, and assessment of these changes was relevant in the identification of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde e do Esporte (Cefid), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência do Movimento Humano, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (Udesc), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. anderson_u@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Anderson Zampier
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Ulbrich
authors.forename: Renata L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Bertin
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bozza
authors.forename: Antônio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stabelini Neto
authors.forename: Gustavo Zampier dos Santos
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Tales de
authors.initials: Td
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Wagner de
authors.initials: Wd
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011336:Probability; D012737:Sex Factors; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult