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Relationship between obesity markers and blood pressure among African Americans with and without T2D
Author(s) -
Duenas Carla,
Podesta Cinthia,
Zarini Gustavo G.,
Huffman Fatma G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.817.1
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , type 2 diabetes , obesity , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , demography , endocrinology , sociology
This study investigated the association between anthropometric measurements of obesity with blood pressure as well as whether these associations vary by diabetes status and gender among African‐Americans (AA). This cross‐sectional study included AA (n=249) with (n=129) and without (n=120) type 2 diabetes (T2D). Participants were recruited from multiple sources from Miami‐ Dade and Broward Counties, Florida. Analyses included t‐test, chisquare, Pearson's correlations and linear regression. Subjects with T2D had a higher BMI (P<.001), WC (P<.001), WtHR (P<.001), and SBP (P<.001) compared to subjects without T2D. Males without T2D had significant associations between WC and WtHR with SBP (β=.392, SE= .147, P=.005; β=.389, SE= 25.96, P=.004, respectively); whereas DBP was associated with BMI (females: β=.450, SE= .250, P=.006; males: β=.516, SE=.239, P<.001), WC (males: β=.513, SE=.093, P<.001) and WtHR (females: β=.597, SE= 19.08, P=.001; males: β=.501, SE=16.43, P<.001) in subjects without T2D. Among AA, the ability of anthropometric measures to predict SBP and DBP varies by diabetes status and gender. Funding for this research was provided through an NIH/NIDDK sponsored grant.