Novel Waist-to-Height Ratio Estimated Fat Mass Pediatric Cut-offs Predict Hypertension Better than Body Mass Index in Multiracial United States Youths and Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2023 Cycle.

J Nutr · 2026 · PMC13084610 · PMID 41720187

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tended towards significanceP = 0.064so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Among 2017–2018 NHANES cycle youths ages 12 to <25 y old, WHtR excess fat mass was associated with elevated BP (OR: 2.13; 95% CI: 1.48, 3.07, P < 0.001), whereas WHtR high fat mass association with elevated BP tended towards significance (OR: 1.54; 95% CI: 0.98, 2.41, P = 0.064) after full adjustments.

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The excess fat mass WHtR category showed stronger associations with both elevated BP and hypertension compared with BMI obesity categories, particularly for hypertension prediction, where BMI categories failed to reach statistical significance ( Figure 3 and Supplemental Table 4 ).

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