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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2014 Apr 1;28(4):470–476. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.03.015

Table 3.

Odds Ratios of Impaired Fasting Glucose, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, and Previously Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Associated with One Standard Deviation Increase in BMI and Waist Circumference in Chinese Adults with BMI < 25 kg/m2 by Sex, 2007–2008.

Dependent variable Odds ratio
Model 1
Model 2
BMI (2.1 kg/m2)
Waist (8.3 cm)
BMI (2.1 kg/m2)
Waist (8.3 cm)
Estimate (95% CI) P Estimate (95% CI) P Estimate (95% CI) P Estimate (95% CI) P
Impaired fasting glucose
 Men 1.371 (1.182, 1.590) <0.0001 1.486 (1.318, 1.675) <0.0001 1.131 (0.950, 1.345) 0.17 1.399 (1.216, 1.609) <0.0001
 Women 1.352 (1.193, 1.533) <0.0001 1.517 (1.332, 1.728) <0.0001 1.129 (0.982, 1.299) 0.09 1.422 (1.233, 1.641) <0.0001
Impaired glucose tolerance
 Men 1.140 (1.009, 1.287) 0.04 1.191 (1.057, 1.342) 0.004 1.045 (0.923, 1.183) 0.49 1.161 (1.027, 1.313) 0.02
 Women 1.275 (1.150, 1.413) <0.0001 1.328 (1.139, 1.547) 0.0003 1.147 (1.035, 1.271) 0.009 1.224 (1.034, 1.448) 0.02
Diabetes
 Men 1.208 (1.011, 1.443) 0.04 1.361 (1.178, 1.572) <0.0001 1.017 (0.839, 1.234) 0.86 1.351 (1.156, 1.578) 0.0002
 Women 1.405 (1.126, 1.753) 0.003 1.554 (1.331, 1.815) <0.0001 1.146 (0.900, 1.460) 0.27 1.455 (1.234, 1.714) <0.0001

Model 1 included age, education, leisure-time physical activity, alcohol drinking, family history of type 2 diabetes, and either BMI or waist circumference; Model 2 included both BMI and waist circumference and other covariates in model 1.