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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Aug 14;53(5):e165–e174. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.06.018

Table 4.

The Stratified Associations of Modifiable Diabetes Risk Factors With Incident Diabetes Over 8 Years

Exposures N/Diabetes
cases
Model 1a Model 2a Model 3a Model 4a

Poisson regression model – Incident rate ratio (95% CI)
Incident diabetes stratified by WHO BMI categories
  Modifiable lifestyle risk factor score -BMI <30 kg/m2 (n=1,634)
    Poor 177/27 ref ref ref ref
    Average 1,246/138 0.63 (0.42, 0.93) 0.64 (0.43, 0.96) 0.60 (0.40, 0.91) 0.62 (0.42, 0.92)
    Optimal 211/18 0.53 (0.30, 0.96) 0.57 (0.31, 1.04) 0.53 (0.29, 0.97) 0.55 (0.30, 1.00)
    Continuousb 0.71 (0.52, 0.96) 0.73 (0.54, 1.00) 0.70 (0.51, 0.96) 0.71 (0.52, 0.97)
  Modifiable Lifestyle Score- BMI >30 kg/m2 (n=1,618)
    Poor 188/52 ref ref ref ref
    Average 1,298/299 0.90 (0.67, 1.20) 0.90 (0.67, 1.21) 0.90 (0.67, 1.21) 0.90 (0.67, 1.21)
    Optimal 132/26 0.81 (0.51, 1.30) 0.83 (0.51, 1.34) 0.83 (0.52, 1.34) 0.84 (0.52, 1.36)
    Continuousb 0.90 (0.72, 1.13) 0.91 (0.72, 1.14) 0.91 (0.72, 1.14) 0.91 (0.73, 1.15)
Normal waist circumference versus central obesity
  Modifiable lifestyle risk factor score -normal waist circumferenc e (n=1,126)
    Poor 125/19 ref ref ref ref
    Average 856/70 0.57 (0.35, 0.92) 0.56 (0.34, 0.92) 0.55 (0.33, 0.91) 0.55 (0.34, 0.91)
    Optimal 145/11 0.54 (0.26, 1.13) 0.58 (0.27, 1.24) 0.56 (0.26, 1.21) 0.57 (0.27, 1.23)
    Continuousb 0.69 (0.47, 1.01) 0.70 (0.47, 1.05) 0.69 (0.46, 1.04) 0.69 (0.46, 1.04)
  Modifiable lifestyle risk factor score -central obesity (n=2,126)
    Poor 240/60 ref ref ref ref
    Average 1,688/367 0.88 (0.67, 1.16) 0.89 (0.68, 1.17) 0.89 (0.68, 1.17) 0.89 (0.68, 1.17)
    Optimal 198/33 0.77 (0.50, 1.17) 0.77 (0.51, 1.20) 0.80 (0.52, 1.22) 0.80 (0.52, 1.22)
    Continuousb 0.88 (0.72, 1.08) 0.88 (0.72, 1.09) 0.89 (0.73, 1.10) 0.89 (0.73, 1.10)
Normal versus prediabetes
  Modifiable lifestyle risk factor scorec -normoglyce mia at baseline (n=1,836)
    Poor 195/20 ref ref ref ref
    Average 1,426/78 0.56 (0.34, 0.91) 0.58 (0.36, 0.96) 0.63 (0.38, 1.02) 0.65 (0.40, 1.07)
    Optimal 215/10 0.48 (0.23, 1.03) 0.53 (0.24, 1.15) 0.63 (0.29, 1.37) 0.65 (0.30, 1.44)
    Continuousb 0.65 (0.44, 0.97) 0.68 (0.46, 1.02) 0.74 (0.49, 1.10) 0.76 (0.51, 1.14)
  Modifiable lifestyle risk factor Scorec - prediabetes at baseline (n=1,416)
    Poor 170/59 ref ref ref ref
    Average 1,118/359 0.91 (0.69, 1.19) 0.90 (0.69, 1.19) 0.89 (0.68, 1.18) 0.90 (0.68, 1.18)
    Optimal 128/34 0.80 (0.52, 1.21) 0.80 (0.52, 1.23) 0.81 (0.53, 1.23) 0.81 (0.53, 1.24)
    Continuousb 0.90 (0.73, 1.10) 0.90 (0.73, 1.10) 0.90 (0.73, 1.10) 0.90 (0.73, 1.10)

Notes: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

a

Model 1: age, sex; Model 2: Model 1 + education, current occupation status, alcohol use, systolic blood pressure; Model 3: Model 2 + BMI; Model 4: Model 2 + waist circumference

b

Continuous per categorical increase in modifiable lifestyle risk factor category.

c

Modifiable lifestyle risk factor score: Poor score (0–3), Average (4–7), Optimal (8–11); (Smoking: Current smoker (0 points), ormer ≤12 months (1 point), Never or quit ≥12 months (2 points); TV watching: >4 hours/day (0 points), 1–4 hours/day (1 point), <1 hour/day (2 points); AHA Physical activity: poor (0 points), intermediate (1 point), ideal (2 points); AHA healthy diet: poor (0 points), intermediate (1 point), ideal (2 points); Sleep disordered breathing burden: Severe (0 points), Moderate (1 point), Mild (2 points), None (3 points)

AHA, American Heart Association