Table 2.
Differences in IMT (μm) in relation to quartiles or 1 SD increase in BMI-adjusted anthropometric measurements
| Differences in IMT (μm) (95%CI) by quartiles of each anthropometric variable
|
Coeff. per SD increase‡ | p for trend‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |||
| BMI adjusted waist circumference (cm) | < 71.98 | 71.98–75.28 | 75.29–79.46 | ≥ 79.47 | ||
| N | 141 | 140 | 140 | 141 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | 4.73 (−13.46, 22.92) | 0.01 (−18.21, 18.23) | 26.90 (8.18, 45.63) | 9.26 (2.75, 15.77) | 0.005 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | 4.50 (−13.39, 22.39) | −4.81 (−22.92, 13.30) | 18.40 (−1.16, 37.96) | 5.54 (−1.04, 12.12) | 0.099 |
| BMI adjusted hip circumference (cm) | < 80.24 | 80.24–82.47 | 82.48–85.01 | ≥ 85.02 | ||
| N | 141 | 140 | 140 | 141 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | 6.32 (−11.78, 24.43) | −6.60 (−24.77, 11.57) | −1.37 (−19.62, 16.88) | 0.62 (−5.84, 7.08) | 0.850 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | 4.55 (−13.18, 22.27) | −7.04 (−24.90, 10.83) | −8.46 (−26.97, 10.04) | −1.59 (−8.00, 4.82) | 0.625 |
| Waist-Hip ratio | < 0.86 | 0.86–0.91 | 0.91–0.96 | ≥ 0.96 | ||
| N | 141 | 146 | 134 | 141 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | 8.39 (−9.57, 26.37) | 8.44 (−9.98, 28.86) | 28.52 (10.21, 46.83) | 12.12 (5.30, 18.95) | 0.001 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | 4.02 (−14.19, 22.23) | 4.99 (−14.73, 24.70) | 17.65 (−3.48, 38.77) | 8.96 (1.12, 16.81) | 0.025 |
| Waist-Height ratio | < 0.44 | 0.44–0.48 | 0.49–0.53 | ≥ 0.54 | ||
| N | 166 | 119 | 124 | 153 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | 8.79 (−9.20, 26.78) | 15.77 (−2.10, 33.63) | 32.46 (15.28, 49.64) | 11.55 (4.82, 18.29) | 0.001 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | 10.78 (−7.45, 29.02) | 17.38 (−2.40, 37.17) | 33.31 (8.94, 57.67) | 11.45 (0.86, 22.04) | 0.034 |
| BMI adjusted upper thigh circumference (cm) | < 43.66 | 43.67–45.70 | 45.71–48.11 | ≥48.11 | ||
| N | 140 | 141 | 141 | 140 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | −5.09 (−23.35, 13.17) | −2.07 (−20.28, 16.14) | 0.69 (−17.67, 19.05) | 4.88 (−1.59, 11.36) | 0.139 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | −8.68 (−26.47, 9.11) | −3.80 (−21.71, 14.10) | −2.20 (−20.32, 15.93) | 3.55 (−2.82, 9.93) | 0.274 |
| BMI-adjusted MUAC (cm) | < 24.48 | 24.48–25.57 | 25.57–26.72 | ≥26.72 | ||
| N | 140 | 140 | 140 | 142 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | 4.16 (−14.09, 22.40) | 2.99 (−15.30, 21.28) | 12.23 (−6.21, 30.68) | 2.54 (−3.92, 9.00) | 0.441 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | 2.44 (−15.34, 20.21) | 0.34 (−17.56, 18.23) | 5.35 (−12.98, 23.68) | 0.15 (−6.23, 6.53) | 0.963 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | < 17.84 | 17.84–20.12 | 20.12–23.48 | ≥ 23.49 | ||
| N | 141 | 139 | 142 | 140 | ||
| Model 1* | Ref. | −10.80 (−28.88, 7.28) | 0.96 (−17.01, 18.93) | 18.20 (−0.20, 36.60) | 5.83 (−0.70, 12.36) | 0.080 |
| Model 2† | Ref. | −13.92 (−31.87, 4.03) | −6.58 (−24.95, 11.79) | 3.14 (−16.66, 22.94) | 0.42 (−6.64, 7.48) | 0.906 |
*
Model 1 adjusted for age and sex;
†
Model 2 adjusted for age, sex, education length, BMI (except when BMI was the main variable), smoking status, and systolic blood pressure;
‡
Coefficients and p values were calculated with anthropometric variable included a continuous variable; SDs (standard deviation) are 6.68 cm, 4.65 cm, 4.04 cm, 2.01 cm, 0.08, 0.07, 4.56 kg/m2 for BMI-adjusted- waist, hip, upper thigh, mid-arm circumferences, WHR, WHtR and BMI, respectively.