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'Datta Banik S, 2022: ASSOCIATION OF BODY MASS INDEX WITH
BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG ADULT LIMBU MEN
IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL. Anthropologie (Brno) 60, 3: 435-443'. |
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| Abstract | | Arterial hypertension is reported to be associated with high body mass index (BMI). However, it is also
interesting to find the association between BMI-based undernutrition and blood pressure. Objective of the present study
was to estimate prevalence of BMI-based thinness and excess weight (overweight and obesity) and their differential
association with hypertension among adult men representing Limbu community in Darjeeling, West Bengal. A crosssectional
study in Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India selected 897 adult men aged 20 to 59 years, representing
Limbu community. Hypertension was estimated as: systolic/diastolic ≥140/90 mmHg. Binomial logistic regression
(BLR) analysis was done to predict hypertension from thinness (BMI <18.50 kg/m2) and excess weight (BMI ≥25.0
kg/m2) after adjusting for age. Mean value of age of the participants (n = 897) was 37.28 years. Hypertensive men had
higher body weight (84.83 kg) and BMI (20.70 kg/m2) compared to normotensive peers (80.10 kg and 19.09 kg/m2
respectively). Prevalence of thinness (11.59%), overweight (24.41%), and obesity (48.72%) were remarkable in the
sample; 48.49% of the participants were hypertensive. BLR Model 1 has shown that 1-unit (kg/m2) increase in BMI
had a chance of 68% rise in odds of being hypertension (Model 1). An adult man suffering from BMI-based thinness
compared to normal weight was 2.8 times more likely to have hypertension (Model 2). Adult men with excess weight
(n = 656) compared to the peers having normal BMI (n =137) were 3.45 times more likely to be hypertensive (Model
3). BMI-based malnutrition (undernutrition and excess weight) was observed to be a risk factor for hypertension that
was higher in case of excess weight than thinness. | | | | Keywords | | Thinness – Overweight – Obesity – Hypertension | | | | DOI | | https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.22.05.09.1 | | |
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