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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Rev. 2014 Jan;15(0 1):49–59. doi: 10.1111/obr.12123

Table 3. Likelihood of having CM risk factors in relation to weight status (Overweight, OW=BMI≥25 kg/m2) and high waist to height ratio (WHtR>0.50): Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from logistic regression models adjusted for age, education, urbanicity, income, clustering of multiple individuals within households, CHNS 2009.

Impaired HbA1c
High BP (>5.6%) Diabetic HbA1c (>6.5%) High HOMA-IR High CRP (>3, <10)
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
High WHtR OR 1.47*** 1.79*** 1.82*** 1.59*** 2.17*** 2.25*** 1.85*** 1.72*** 1.43** 1.64***
95% CI [1.24,1.73] [1.50,2.13] [1.52,2.19] [1.32,1.91] [1.52,3.10] [1.55,3.28] [1.43,2.39] [1.35,2.21] [1.12,1.83] [1.27,2.11]
OW OR 1.36 1.34 2.36*** 2.21** 2.32* 4.59*** 2.23** 3.51*** 1.14 2.50**
95% CI [0.88,2.09] [0.78,2.31] [1.52,3.67] [1.31,3.74] [1.08,5.00] [2.07,10.20] [1.30,3.84] [1.98,6.21] [0.60,2.16] [1.31,4.78]
OW + High WHtR OR 3.16*** 3.16*** 2.87*** 3.42*** 4.28*** 3.94*** 4.69*** 3.76*** 1.91*** 3.26***
95% CI [2.66,3.74] [2.64,3.79] [2.40,3.43] [2.86,4.09] [3.09,5.93] [2.74,5.66] [3.74,5.88] [2.98,4.74] [1.52,2.41] [2.55,4.16]
N 3936 4406 3901 4385 3903 4388 3733 4231 3776 4282
High LDL Low HDL High TAG Atherogenic dyslipidemia
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
High WHtR OR 1.54*** 1.24* 1.76*** 1.58*** 2.46*** 1.79*** 2.29*** 2.03***
95% CI [1.28,1.85] [1.04,1.47] [1.48,2.08] [1.33,1.88] [2.05,2.95] [1.48,2.15] [1.86,2.82] [1.59,2.58]
OW OR 1.41 1.53 2.64*** 1.97** 3.49*** 2.93*** 3.88*** 3.37***
95% CI [0.91,2.18] [0.90,2.59] [1.73,4.04] [1.19,3.26] [2.30,5.28] [1.74,4.94] [2.54,5.92] [1.86,6.09]
OW + High WHtR OR 1.66*** 1.51*** 3.52*** 2.70*** 3.87*** 3.61*** 4.50*** 3.88***
95% CI [1.38,1.99] [1.27,1.80] [2.97,4.18] [2.27,3.20] [3.24,4.63] [3.01,4.34] [3.69,5.48] [3.09,4.87]
N 3740 4237 3746 4239 3750 4241 3746 4239