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. 2021 Dec 20;14:4829–4841. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S339066

Table 3.

Incidence of T2DM and Hazard Ratios (95% CI) of Waist Circumference for Different Subgroups in the Cox Proportional-Hazards Model

Waist Circumference
Normal Increased Substantially Increased
Men (n=2238)
 No of subjects 1682 365 191
 No of T2DM cases 104 36 22
 Person-years 10,668.8 2256.2 1154.8
 Incidence ratea 9.7 16.0 19.1
 HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.48 (0.98–2.23) 1.60 (0.97–2.66)
Women (n=2110)
 No of subjects 1023 537 550
 No of T2DM cases 66 48 74
 Person-years 6511.8 3401.0 3281.4
 Incidence ratea 10.1 14.1 22.6
 HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.29 (0.88–1.90) 1.96 (1.36–2.85)
Prediabetes (n=1901)
 No of subjects 1149 402 350
 No of T2DM cases 90 53 62
 Person-years 7293.5 2476.9 2069.9
 Incidence ratea 12.3 21.4 30.0
 HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.85 (1.27–2.69) 2.46 (1.67–3.61)
NGT (n=2447)
 No of subjects 1556 500 391
 No of T2DM cases 80 31 34
 Person-years 9887.2 3180.3 2366.3
 Incidence ratea 8.1 9.7 14.4
 HR (95% CI) 1.00 1.00 (0.64–1.55) 1.34 (0.85–2.11)

Notes: a1000 person-year. Model: adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, district, educational level, smoking consumption, drinking status, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and HbA1c.

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.