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. 2013 Oct 28;3(10):e003408. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003408

Table 3.

Association of body size with hypertension and type 2 diabetes in two population-based surveys in Shanghai, China

Number of participants with neither disease Type 2 diabetes only
Hypertension only
Both
N OR (95% CI) N OR (95% CI) N OR (95% CI)
BMI residuals
 Men
  Q1 1260 156 1.00 529 1.00 175 1.00
  Q2 1224 142 0.99 (0.77 to 1.27) 583 1.16 (1.00 to 1.34) 172 1.11 (0.87 to 1.41)
  Q3 1164 132 1.09 (0.84 to 1.41) 651 1.50 (1.29 to 1.74) 171 1.36 (1.07 to 1.73)
  Q4 1079 123 1.16 (0.88 to 1.51) 709 1.85 (1.59 to 2.15) 207 1.95 (1.54 to 2.47)
p Value for trend 0.2472 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Women
  Q1 1816 166 1.00 600 1.00 223 1.00
  Q2 1866 148 1.02 (0.80 to 1.29) 629 1.29 (1.12 to 1.48) 162 0.96 (0.77 to 1.21)
  Q3 1835 125 0.89 (0.69 to 1.15) 687 1.51 (1.31 to 1.73) 158 1.03 (0.82 to 1.31)
  Q4 1634 109 0.94 (0.73 to 1.23) 847 2.23 (1.94 to 2.57) 215 1.85 (1.15 to 2.98)
p Value for trend 0.4864 <0.0001 0.0067
 All participants
  Q1 3048 330 1.00 1162 1.00 385 1.00
  Q2 3079 282 1.00 (0.84 to 1.19) 1200 1.22 (1.11 to 1.35) 363 1.03 (0.87 to 1.22)
  Q3 2998 278 0.98 (0.82 to 1.18) 1346 1.50 (1.36 to 1.67) 302 1.18 (1.00 to 1.40)
  Q4 2753 211 1.04 (0.86 to 1.26) 1527 2.05 (1.85 to 2.27) 433 1.88 (1.60 to 2.21)
p Value for trend 0.2280 <0.0001 <0.0001
WC residuals
 Men
  Q1 1376 102 1.00 531 1.00 111 1.00
  Q2 1232 131 1.34 (1.02 to 1.78) 601 1.23 (1.06 to 1.42) 155 1.41 (1.07 to 1.84)
  Q3 1130 148 1.39 (0.70 to 2.77) 644 1.39 (1.20 to 1.62) 197 1.73 (1.33 to 2.25)
  Q4 989 172 1.75 (1.33 to 2.30) 696 1.57 (1.35 to 1.82) 262 2.25 (1.74 to 2.90)
p Value for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Women
  Q1 2019 80 1.00 598 1.00 108 1.00
  Q2 1935 102 1.17 (0.86 to 1.59) 651 1.04 (0.91 to 1.18) 117 0.94 (0.71 to 1.25)
  Q3 1708 172 2.04 (1.54 to 2.70) 732 1.14 (0.99 to 1.30) 194 1.40 (1.08 to 1.82)
  Q4 1489 194 2.37 (1.78 to 3.15) 782 1.13 (0.98 to 1.30) 339 2.06 (1.26 to 3.38)
p Value for trend <0.0001 0.0216 <0.0001
 All participants
  Q1 3453 161 1.00 1109 1.00 203 1.00
  Q2 3192 260 1.26 (0.99 to 1.60) 1211 1.12 (1.01 to 1.23) 260 1.16 (0.82 to 1.62)
  Q3 2838 301 1.66 (1.16 to 2.36) 1373 1.25 (1.13 to 1.38) 412 1.55 (1.29 to 1.87)
  Q4 2395 379 2.03 (1.66 to 2.47) 1542 1.34 (1.09 to 1.64) 608 2.18 (1.83 to 2.61)
p Value for trend 0.0001 0.0021 <0.0001

p Values less than 0.05 (shown in italic typeface) were considered as a test of significance based on two sides.

Missing values were excluded from the analysis.

OR: adjusted for age (continuous variable), education (no formal education, primary school, middle school, high school, colleague or above and dummy variables), per capita income (<1000, 1000–2999, 3000–5000 and >5000 RMB yuan/month, dummy variables), resident site (urban/rural area), family history of type 2 diabetes (yes/no), smoking (ever/never), alcohol drinking (ever/never), regular exercise (never/ever), phase of study (first/second survey); additionally adjusted for sex (male/female) for all participants.

BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.