Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors

Table 6 Summary of multiple regression analysis for anthropometric variables predicting systolic blood pressure in the study population

Variable	Explanatory variables	Adjusted R²	β coefficient	Standard error	P-value
(Rural Women)
Model1: Age, WC, WCHR, %BF.	Age	0.157	0.258	0.104	0.016
(Urban Women)
Model1: WC, BMI, Age, WCHR, Abdht.	Age	0.201	0.351	0.140	<0.001
	BMI	--	0.593	0.640	0.001
	WCHR	--	-.480	0.402	0.008
(Urban Men)
Model1: Age, WC, BMI, WCHR, AbdHt	AbdHt	0.16	0.281	0.423	0.001
(Rural Men)
Model1: BMI, WC,	WC	0.064	0.273	0.178	0.003
Model2: BMI, WC, Age, WCHR, %BF	--	0.068	--	--	--

WC; waist circumference, BMI; body mass index, %BF; percentage body fat; WCHR; waist circumference height ratio, Abdht; abdominal height.

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