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. 2022 Nov 1;21:225. doi: 10.1186/s12933-022-01670-x

Table 2.

Association between baseline abdominal obesity indices and incident cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes

Indices Event/
Total
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value
WC
 Per 1 SD increase 289/2328 1.52 (1.37–1.69)  < 0.001 1.59 (1.41–1.80)  < 0.001 1.57(1.39–1.78)  < 0.001
Quartiles
 Q1(≤ 84.10) 33/614 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Q2(84.20–90.00) 59/599 1.89 (1.23–2.89) 0.003 1.75 (1.14–2.68) 0.010 1.72 (1.12–2.65) 0.013
 Q3(90.10–98.00) 85/559 2.99 (2.00–4.47)  < 0.001 2.95 (1.97–4.43)  < 0.001 2.88 (1.92–4.32)  < 0.001
 Q4(> 98.00) 112/556 4.05 (2.75–5.97)  < 0.001 4.10 (2.74–6.12)  < 0.001 3.92 (2.62–5.88)  < 0.001
VAI
 Per 1 SD increase 289/2328 1.09 (1.05–1.13)  < 0.001 1.11 (1.07–1.16)  < 0.001 1.11 (1.06–1.16)  < 0.001
Quartiles
 Q1(≤ 1.14) 22/582 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Q2(1.15–1.76) 66/582 3.11 (1.92–5.04)  < 0.001 3.09 (1.90–5.02)  < 0.001 3.03 (1.86–4.93)  < 0.001
 Q3(1.77–2.66) 79/582 3.77 (2.35–6.04)  < 0.001 4.10 (2.54–6.64)  < 0.001 3.97 (2.45–6.44)  < 0.001
 Q4(> 2.66) 122/582 6.11 (3.88–9.62)  < 0.001 7.14 (4.46–11.41)  < 0.001 6.88 (4.27–11.07)  < 0.001
LAP
 Per 1 SD increase 289/2328 1.41 (1.32–1.50)  < 0.001 1.47 (1.37–1.57)  < 0.001 1.46 (1.36–1.57)  < 0.001
Quartiles
 Q1(≤ 26.00) 24/583 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Q2(26.01–41.15) 56/581 2.40 (1.49–3.88)  < 0.001 2.51 (1.55–4.06)  < 0.001 2.50 (1.54–4.04)  < 0.001
 Q3(41.16–65.00) 82/582 3.58 (2.27–5.64)  < 0.001 3.71 (2.35–5.88)  < 0.001 3.65 (2.30–5.80)  < 0.001
 Q4(> 65.00) 127/582 5.84 (3.78–9.04)  < 0.001 6.18 (3.96–9.63)  < 0.001 6.03 (3.85–9.47)  < 0.001
CVAI
 Per 1 SD increase 289/2328 1.87 (1.68–2.08)  < 0.001 1.80 (1.60–2.04)  < 0.001 1.78 (1.57–2.01)  < 0.001
Quartiles
 Q1(≤ 96.58) 19/582 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Q2(96.59–121.59) 43/582 2.34 (1.37–4.02) 0.002 1.88 (1.09–3.24) 0.023 1.91 (1.11–3.30) 0.020
 Q3(121.60–146.38) 89/582 5.05 (3.08–8.29)  < 0.001 3.81 (2.31–6.28)  < 0.001 3.71 (2.24–6.15)  < 0.001
 Q4(> 146.38) 138/582 8.14 (5.04–13.15)  < 0.001 5.86 (3.61–9.53)  < 0.001 5.67 (3.47–9.27)  < 0.001

Model 1: crude model; Model 2: adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, education, smoking status, and drinking status; Model 3: adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, education, smoking status, drinking status, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, physical activity, antidiabetic agents, and diabetes duration

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, WC waist circumference, VAI visceral adiposity index, LAP lipid accumulation product, CVAI Chinese visceral adiposity index