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. 2013 Feb 14;28(2):169–180. doi: 10.1007/s10654-013-9771-5

Table 2.

Factors associated with the risk of new diabetes mellitus in the population of TURDEP-II survey

Variablea B p value OR 95 % CI
WOMEN
Age (1 SD; 15.1 years) 0.473 <0.001 1.60 1.48–1.73
Region (North = 1)
 South 0.406 <0.001 1.50 1.22–1.84
 West 0.256 0.019 1.29 1.04–1.59
 East 0.553 <0.001 1.73 1.40–2.15
 Central 0.341 0.002 1.40 1.13–1.73
Education (formal 8 years education = 1)
 <8 years 0.374 0.031 1.45 1.03–2.04
 >8 years –0.035 0.96 0.96 0.63–1.46
Family history of DM (no = 1)
 Positive family history 0.116 0.075 1.12 0.98–1.27
Hypertension (no = 1)
 Moderate 0.248 0.001 1.28 1.10–1.48
 Severe 0.465 <0.001 1.59 1.23–2.06
Waist girth (1 SD; 14.8 cm) 0.151 <0.001 1.16 1.07–1.26
BMI (1 SD; 5.9 kg/m2) 0.089 <0.001 1.09 1.01–1.18
Smoking (no = 1)
 Current smokers –0.301 0.036 0.74 0.54–0.98
 Quitters –0.289 0.089 0.74 0.53–1.04
Number of meal per day (≥5 = 1)
 3–4 meal per day 0.481 0.053 1.61 0.99–2.63
 1–2 meal per day 0.379 0.135 1.46 0.88–2.40
Family size (1 person) 0.035 0.026 1.03 1.01–1.06
MEN
Age (1 SD; 15.8 years) 0.514 <0.001 1.67 1.50–1.86
Hypertension (no = 1)
 Moderate 0.314 0.195 1.14 0.93–1.40
 Severe 0.610 0.001 1.84 1.27–2.64
Social status (married = 1)
 Widow/separate 0.272 0.241 1.31 0.83–2.06
 Single –0.691 0.013 0.50 0.29–0.86
BMI (1 SD; 4.4 kg/m2) 0.254 <0.001 1.28 1.14–1.43
Family size (1 person) 0.043 0.06 1.04 0.99–1.09

DM diabetes mellitus

aVariable(s) entered on step 1: Age, social status, SES, education, waist, BMI, hypertension, income, alcohol, smoking, family history of DM, physical activity, region, urban/rural settlement, family size, and number of meal per day