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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 May 22;19(9):1260–1266. doi: 10.1111/dom.12949

Table 4.

The association (OR*, 95% CI) between the individual components of the modified FINDRISC and incident diabetes, overall and by race/gender group: ARIC study.

Overall African American Women African American Men Caucasian Women Caucasian Men

Age (years)
 45–54 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
 55–64 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) 0.92 (0.67, 1.25) 0.92 (0.60, 1.41) 1.10 (0.88, 1.38) 0.94 (0.77, 1.16)

Body mass index (kg/m2)
 Normal <25 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1(referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
 Overweight 25–≤30 2.04 (1.65, 2.53) 0.92 (0.48, 1.78) 0.95 (0.45, 2.02) 1.97 (1.37, 2.85) 1.21 (0.82, 1.78)
 Obese >30 4.00 (3.15, 5.07) 1.62 (0.83, 3.14) 1.13 (0.44, 2.96) 3.42 (2.33, 5.02) 2.50 (1.56, 4.00)

Waist circumference (cm)
Low (Men <94; Women <80) 1 (referent) 1(referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
Medium (Men 94–≤102; Women 80–≤88) 1.34 (1.03, 1.74) 0.69 (0.27, 1.74) 2.27 (1.11, 4.64) 1.40 (0.77, 2.57) 2.09 (1.40, 3.14)
High (Men >102; Women >88) 1.92 (1.47, 2.50) 2.39 (1.00, 5.75) 4.65 (1.96, 11.0) 2.82 (1.56, 5.10) 3.13 (1.98, 4.96)

Antihypertensive medication
 No 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1(referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
 Yes 1.61 (1.41, 1.84) 1.42 (1.06, 1.92) 1.24 (0.81, 1.90) 2.29 (1.82, 2.87) 1.32 (1.05, 1.66)

Family history of Diabetes
 No 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
 Yes 1.85 (1.62, 2.11) 2.10 (1.56, 2.82) 1.27 (0.82, 1.97) 1.89 (1.50, 2.38) 1.89 (1.52, 2.34)
*

Odds ratios are adjusted for all other variables in the table.