BMI ≤ 25 kg/m2 and WC ≤ 88 cm or 86 cm for males and females may be the best suggestion with regard to primary prevention of high blood pressure in older adults. These findings suggest increased high blood pressure prevalence in the older adults with increased BMI and WC. And we observed a significant additive interaction between a higher BMI and WC such that the prevalence of high blood pressure was significantly enhanced. The risk of high blood pressure increased steeply with increasing BMI from ≥25 kg/m 2 and WC ≥ 88 cm or 86 cm for males and females, respectively. Multivariable adjusted restricted cubic spline analyses showed the nonlinear relationships of BMI and WC with high blood pressure in both men and women (all P < 0.001). The full-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of an increase of 1 kg/m 2 in BMI and 1 cm in WC for high blood pressure were 1.084 (1.080–1.087) and 1.026(1.024–1.027), respectively. An additive interaction analysis was used to test synergistic effects between a higher BMI and WC for high blood pressure. Logistic regression and restricted cubic spline models were applied to assess the relationship and the appropriate level of BMI and WC for high blood pressure. We examined data for 126,123 individuals in Xinzheng city aged ≥60 years from a population based study from January to December 2019. We aimed to examine the precise relationship of BMI, WC with high blood pressure and to assess the appropriate level of BMI and WC for high blood pressure. The relationship between obesity and prevalent high blood pressure in older adults has predominantly been estimated using categorical measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), masking the shape of the dose-response relationship.

Blood pressure chart for senior man