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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2014 Jun;39(3):471–479. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9780-z

Table 3.

Anthropometry and chronic disease in survey participants from the 2011 Los Angeles Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n=937).

Any Chronic Disease** Diabetes Hypertension Comorbidity
Ca/NC* ORadj1 Ca/NC ORadj1 Ca/NC ORadj1 Ca/NC ORadj1
BMI (kg/m2)
Underweight (<18.5) 5/6 2.87 (0.79–10.47) 0/11 NAC 0/11 NAC 0/11 NAC
Normal (18.5–24.9) 78/201 1.00 9/271 1.00 23/256 1.00 22/258 1.00
Overweight (25.0–29.9) 107/186 1.45 (0.96–2.17) 17/277 2.07 (0.80–5.31) 48/246 2.10 (1.12–3.94) 36/261 1.66 (0.86–3.21)
Obese (≥30.0) 176/176 2.53 (1.71–3.76) 56/296 5.28 (2.25–12.3) 111/242 5.04 (2.80–9.06) 87/270 3.69 (2.02–6.77)
WC (cm)
Low risk men (<102) 92/191 1.00 11/273 1.00 37/247 1.00 25/261 1.00
Low risk women (<88) 61/167 0.69 (0.45–1.07) 4/226 0.36 (0.09–1.35) 21/208 0.60 (0.30–1.17) 16/214 0.66 (0.31–1.43)
High risk men (≥102) 54/53 2.07 (1.24–3.47) 17/90 4.23 (1.80–9.97) 36/70 3.55 (1.89–6.69) 27/82 3.41 (1.71–6.81)
High risk women (≥88) 158/158 2.13 (1.47–3.10) 49/266 4.05 (1.97–8.31) 89/228 2.52 (1.54–4.15) 77/242 3.42 (1.96–5.97)
Waist to Hip Ratio
Low risk men (<0.95) 98/192 1.00 13/278 1.00 43/246 1.00 28/265 1.00
Low risk women (<0.88) 101/210 0.91 (0.63–1.33) 16/296 1.14 (0.51–2.50) 50/262 1.05 (0.63–1.76) 34/280 1.14 (0.63–2.05)
High risk men (≥0.95) 47/52 1.52 (0.88–2.62) 15/84 3.14 (1.32–7.45) 29/71 2.24 (1.15–4.32) 24/77 2.53 (1.24–5.15)
High risk women (≥0.88) 118/115 1.90 (1.28–2.83) 37/196 3.37 (1.67–6.82) 60/174 1.80 (1.08–3.01) 59/176 2.92 (1.67–5.11)
Waist to Height Ratio
Low risk (<0.5) 69/190 1.00 4/256 1.00 17/242 1.00 8/253 1.00
High risk (≥0.5) 295/379 1.72 (1.19–2.48) 77/598 4.91 (1.71–14.0) 165/511 3.28 (1.82–5.92) 137/545 5.88 (2.61–13.2)
*

Ca/NC: case/non-case.

**

Diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, arthritis, liver disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and/or cancer.

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Adjusted for race/ethnicity (categorical), age (categorical), sex (categorical), and cigarette smoking frequency (categorical).

BMI: Body mass index (kg/m2).

WC: Waist circumference.

Totals exclude missing values. Number of survey participants excluded from this analysis, n=10.