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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Care. 2018 Jan 3;41(3):494–502. doi: 10.2337/dc17-1852

Table 2. Number of cases of diabetes, standardised diabetes incidence rates and adjusted hazard ratios by BMI and waist circumference at baseline.

Men
Women
No. of cases Standardised rate per
100 000 (95% CI)*
Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
No. of cases Standardised rate per
100 000 (95% CI)*
Hazard ratio
(95% CI)
BMI (kg/m2)
Underweight (<18.5) 104 112.4 (84.7-140.2) 0.64 (0.52-0.77) 182 117.9 (89.9-145.9) 0.61 (0.53-0.71)
Normal weight (18.5-24.9) 2183 195.4 (188.6-202.2) 1.00 (0.96-1.05) 3492 200.1 (193.2-206.9) 1.00 (0.97-1.04)
Overweight (25.0-29.9) 2366 537.3 (519.4-555.1) 2.87 (2.76-2.98) 3680 528.8 (511.2-546.3) 2.35 (2.28-2.42)
Obese (≥30.0) 431 1055.9 (1023.7-1088.1) 6.10 (5.54-6.72) 978 1047.6 (1015.2-1080.0) 4.36 (4.09-4.65)
Waist circumference (cm)
Normal 3781 178.6 (169.7-187.5) 1.00 (0.96-1.04) 2914 116.7 (109.9-123.5) 1.00 (0.96-1.04)
Abdominal obesity grade 1§ 947 713.8 (663.8-763.8) 3.06 (2.87-3.26) 2690 408.2 (392.4-423.9) 2.19 (2.11-2.27)
Abdominal obesity grade 2 356 1379.9 (1309.3-1450.6) 5.16 (4.65-5.73) 2728 843.7 (829.8-857.6) 3.94 (3.78-4.10)
*

Standardised to age and study area structure of China Kadoorie Biobank population

Stratified by age and study area and adjusted for education, income, occupation, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, family history of diabetes

Men: ≤94.0 cm, women: ≤80.0 cm

§

Men: 94.1-102.0 cm, women: 80.1-88.0 cm

Men: >102.0 cm, women >88.0 cm. Analyses restricted to participants who developed diabetes between 35 and 70 years- excludes 7 incident diabetes cases at ages <35 years and 236 at ages ≥80 years. BMI, body mass index.