The Relationship Between Glucose Intolerance and Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and Waist to Hip Ratio in Tehran Urban Population: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Glucose intolerance, hypertension, and obesity are important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. in this studywe aim at assessing the association between whr, bmi, and blood pressure and glucose tolerance status.materials and methods: of 15000 urban individuals, 3-69 years old, chosen by cluster random sampling in the cross-sectional phase of a longitudinal study in the east of tehran, 2886 men and 4013 women, between 30-69 years of age, underwent a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test. diabetes mellitus (om) and impaired glucose tolerance (igt) were defined using who criteria. blood pressure, weight, height, and hip andwaist circumferences were measured according to standard protocols, and bmi and whr were calculated.results: 911 subjects (13.2%) had igt and 372 (5.4%) had diabetes. obesity (bmi > =30 kglm2) was more common in om and igt than healthy individuals (45.1% and 39.1% vs 22.9%, respectively,p<0.001). there was no significant difference among the prevalence of overweight (250.8 in females and whr>0.95 in males) was present in 82.7, 75.6 and 53.7% of diabetics, igt, and normal subjects respectively (p<0.001). in forward stepwise logistic regression adjusted for age and sex, the following variables, in order of enteringthe model, were significantly associated with om: age or=4.4) 95% ci: 3-6.5, p<0.001); truncal obesity or=1.8 (95% ci: 1.3-2.4, 0.001); obesity or=3 (95% ci: 2-4.3, p<0.001); and overweightor=2 (1.4-2.9, p<0.001). prevalences of hypertensionin om, igt, and healthy subjects were 51.9,39.5, and 18.8%, respectively (p<0.001) and when adjusted for age, sex, bmi, and whr, all types of glucose disorders were significantly associated with hypertension: igt or=1.8 (95% ci: 1.5-2,p<0.001) and om or=2.4 (95% ci: 1.9-3, p<0.001).conclusion: hypertension, obesity, and high whr are more prevalent in individuals with diabetes and igt than in normal population.furthermore, truncal obesity is more often associated with glucose intolerance than with generalized obesity.