Gender Stratified Analyses of the Association of Skinfold Thickness with Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study in General Northeastern Chinese Residents

Yuyan Liu, Yongfang Li, Jing He, Ping Ma, Luyang Yu, Quanmei Zheng and Guifan Sun
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Yuyan Liu: Research Center of Environmental and Non-Communicable Disease, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
Yongfang Li: Research Center of Environmental and Non-Communicable Disease, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
Jing He: Department of Non-Communicable Disease, Shenhe Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang 110122, China
Ping Ma: Department of Non-Communicable Disease, Shenhe Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang 110122, China
Luyang Yu: Department of Non-Communicable Disease, Shenhe Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang 110122, China
Quanmei Zheng: Research Center of Environmental and Non-Communicable Disease, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
Guifan Sun: Research Center of Environmental and Non-Communicable Disease, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: The association of hypertension with skinfold thickness (ST) in adults is not clear. Our study was aimed at finding out the association of hypertension with ST in different gender and obesity categories. This is a cross-sectional study based on 2336 Chinese residents (767 men). Both subscapular skinfold thickness (SST) and tricep skinfold thickness (TST) were examined. We estimated the association of hypertension with per SD increase of SST and TST using multivariable logistic regression analyses in men and women. Six subgroups were stratified using cutoff points of body mass index (BMI) and ST: larger and smaller ST in normal weight (BMI < 24 kg/m 2 ), overweight (24 kg/m 2 ≤ BMI < 28 kg/m 2 ) and obesity (BMI ≥ 28 kg/m 2 ), respectively. The association of hypertension with ST was only shown in women after adjustment for other risk factors. Among women of the normal weight subgroup, higher prevalence of hypertension was shown in those with larger ST. No difference of the prevalence of hypertension was found between women with larger ST in the normal weight subgroup and those with smaller ST in overweight or obesity subgroups. Our study suggested that even for people with normal weight, it was necessary to monitor the subcutaneous fat using ST for preventing hypertension at least in general Chinese women.

Keywords: skinfold thickness; subcutaneous fat; obesity; blood pressure; hypertension (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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