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. 2021 Jun 11;12(11):2089–2098. doi: 10.1111/jdi.13577

Table 3.

Associations of individual lifestyle factors and the healthy lifestyle score with diabetes in participants from two communities

Lifestyle factor Songnan community Youyi community
No. participants OR (95% CI) No. participants OR (95% CI)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
BMI (kg/m2)
≥24 4,242 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 2,993 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
<24 2,129 0.51 (0.44−0.58) 0.57 (0.50−0.65) 2,232 0.67 (0.57−0.79) 0.74 (0.63−0.88)
Fruit and vegetable intake (cup/day)
<4.5 3,332 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 3,608 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
≥4.5 3,039 0.86 (0.77−0.97) 0.86 (0.77−0.97) 1,617 0.51 (0.42−0.61) 0.50 (0.41−0.60)
Smoking
Current or quit ≤1 year 1,728 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 736 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
Never or quit >1 year 4,643 1.06 (0.91−1.23) 1.08 (0.93−1.25) 4,489 0.86 (0.68−1.10) 0.85 (0.67−1.08)
Physical activity, MET‐min/week
<600 1,867 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1,644 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
≥600 4,504 0.96 (0.84−1.08) 0.96 (0.84−1.09) 3,581 1.08 (0.91−1.28) 1.10 (0.93−1.31)
Sleep (h/day)
<6 or >8 3,029 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1,780 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
6–8 3,342 0.95 (0.85−1.07) 0.97 (0.86−1.09) 3,445 0.87 (0.74−1.03) 0.86 (0.73−1.02)
Healthy lifestyle score
Low 2,485 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1,697 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
Intermediate 2,321 0.80 (0.71−0.91) 0.84 (0.74−0.96) 1,935 0.75 (0.62−0.89) 0.77 (0.64−0.93)
High 1,565 0.62 (0.53−0.73) 0.68 (0.58−0.80) 1,593 0.52 (0.43−0.65) 0.56 (0.45−0.68)

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; MET‐min/week, metabolic equivalent minutes per week; OR, odds ratio.

Model 1 was adjusted for age and sex.

Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, education attainment (less than high school, high school or further education), hypertension (yes, no), and dyslipidemia (yes, no).