TABLE 2.

Age-adjusted, Standardized ORs for CVD and Diabetes in Men and Women Associated with a 1 SD Increase in WC or BMI, by Region

	Age-adjusted ORs for CVD Associated with a 1 SD Increase in WC or BMI				Age-adjusted ORs for Diabetes Associated with a 1 SD Increase in WC or BMI
	Men		Women		Men		Women
Region	WC	BMI	WC	BMI	WC	BMI	WC	BMI
NW Europe	1.29(1.23–1.36)^*	1.27(1.21–1.33)^*	1.37(1.30–1.44)^*	1.31(1.24–1.37)^*	1.76(1.67–1.86)^*	1.72(1.63–1.81)^*	2.17(2.05–2.29)^*	1.96(1.86–2.06)^*
S Europe	1.31(1.25–1.38)^*	1.22(1.17–1.28)^*	1.30(1.23–1.37)^*	1.22(1.16–1.28)^*	1.45(1.38–1.53)^*	1.39(1.33–1.46)^*	1.78(1.69–1.87)^*	1.68(1.60–1.76)^*
E Europe	1.42(1.35–1.49)^*	1.41(1.34–1.48)^*	1.48(1.42–1.54)^*	1.53(1.47–1.59)^*	1.83(1.72–1.95)^*	1.73(1.63–1.83)^*	1.98(1.88–2.09)^*	1.82(1.73–1.91)^*
N Africa	1.48(1.25–1.74)^*	1.51(1.30–1.77)^*	1.50(1.28–1.75)^*	1.52(1.32–1.74)^*	1.57(1.38–1.79)^*	1.57(1.38–1.78)^*	1.63(1.46–1.82)^*	1.44(1.30–1.60)^*
S Africa	1.93(1.49–2.50)^*	1.63(1.29–2.06)^*	1.51(1.19–1.92)^†	1.43(1.11–1.84)^‡	1.71(1.38–2.11)^*	1.52(1.25–1.85)^*	1.89(1.52–2.34)^*	1.70(1.38–2.09)^*
Middle East	1.44(1.25–1.66)^*	1.49(1.30–1.70)^*	1.51(1.28–1.79)^*	1.52(1.29–1.78)^*	1.35(1.22–1.50)^*	1.40(1.27–1.54)^*	1.86(1.64–2.11)^*	1.89(1.68–2.12)^*
E Asia	1.33(1.21–1.47)^*	1.32(1.20–1.46)^*	1.32(1.22–1.44)^*	1.21(1.12–1.30)^*	1.38(1.25–1.51)^*	1.25(1.14–1.37)^*	1.45(1.33–1.57)^*	1.32(1.23–1.43)^*
S Asia	1.27(1.18–1.36)^*	1.26(1.17–1.35)^*	1.30(1.21–1.39)^*	1.26(1.18–1.35)^*	1.53(1.44–1.62)^*	1.43(1.35–1.51)^*	1.57(1.47–1.67)^*	1.41(1.33–1.50)^*
Australia	1.76(1.39–2.22)^*	1.53(1.24–1.89)^*	1.19(0.95–1.50)	1.11(0.87–1.40)	1.49(1.20–1.85)^†	1.50(1.22–1.83)^†	1.45(1.20–1.75)^†	1.54(1.28–1.86)^*
Canada	1.26(1.08–1.47)^‡	1.19(1.03–1.39)^§	1.50(1.25–1.81)^*	1.49(1.25–1.77)^*	1.92(1.65–2.23)^*	1.81(1.57–2.09)^*	2.40(2.06–2.80)^*	2.02(1.76–2.32)^*
Latin America	1.28(1.19–1.38)^*	1.23(1.15–1.32)^*	1.36(1.28–1.44)^*	1.37(1.29–1.44)^*	1.36(1.27–1.46)^*	1.34(1.26–1.43)^*	1.66(1.57–1.75)^*	1.51(1.44–1.59)^*
Overall	1.36(1.33–1.39)^*	1.32(1.29–1.35)^*	1.40(1.37–1.43)^*	1.38(1.35–1.41)^*	1.59(1.56–1.63)^*	1.52(1.49–1.56)^*	1.83(1.79––1.87)^*	1.67(1.64–1.71)^*

P<0.0001;

^†

P<0.001;

^‡

P<0.01.

^§

P<0.05

BMI indicates body mass index; CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation; WC, waist circumference.

Data are age-adjusted ORs (95% CI) for CVD and for diabetes for an increase of 1 SD (region-specific) in WC or BMI (see Table 1 for SDs by region and overall). Overall data are also adjusted for region.