title: Body adiposity index and incident hypertension: the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The body adiposity index (BAI) has been recently proposed as a new method to estimate the percentage of body fat. The association between BAI and hypertension risk has not been investigated yet. The aim of our study was to evaluate the ability of BAI to predict hypertension in males and females compared with traditional body adiposity measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The present follow-up analysis comprised 10,309 individuals (2259 females) free of hypertension from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, who completed a baseline examination between 1988 and 2003. Body adiposity measures included BAI, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, hip circumference, percentage of body fat and waist to hip ratio (WHR). Incident hypertension was ascertained from responses to mail-back surveys between 1990 and 2004. During an average of 9.1 years of follow-up, 872 subjects (107 females) became hypertensive. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) showed that males in the highest categories of all body adiposity measures showed a higher incident risk of hypertension (HRs ranged from 1.37 to 2.09). Females showed a higher incident risk of hypertension only in the highest categories of BAI, BMI and WHR (HRs ranged from 1.84 to 3.36).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that in order to predict incident hypertension BAI could be considered as an alternative to traditional body adiposity measures.
authors: Department of Education, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. Electronic address: dmoliner@uji.es.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Moliner-Urdiales
authors: Area of Physical Education and Sport, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
authors: E G
authors: EG
authors: Artero
authors: Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Sui
authors: Department of Physical Education, School of Education, University of Cadiz, Puerto Real, Spain.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: España-Romero
authors: Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
authors: Dc
authors: D
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Blair
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
keywords: Adiposity; Adults; Blood pressure; Body composition; Obesity