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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Care. 2008 Mar 28;31(7):1367–1372. doi: 10.2337/dc07-2413

Online Appendix Table 3.

Age-adjusted rates of hypertension, elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, treatment and control among BMI categories, stratified by sex

% of Participants (95% CI)

BMI 18.5-<25 BMI 25-<30 BMI ≥30 p-value*

N=1727 N=1093 N=866

Women Hypertension
  Prevalence 10.1 (8.6–11.7) 20.8 (18.0–23.8) 34.7 (30.6–39.1) <0.001
  Treatment 64.0 (52.1–74.8) 67.4 (56.8–76.8) 68.4 (59.1–76.8) 0.15
  Control 37.9 (29.6–46.7) 38.3 (31.1–45.9) 41.0 (34.4–47.9) 0.83

Elevated LDL–C
  Prevalence 10.4 (8.9–12.0) 22.8 (20.0–25.8) 30.2 (26.4–34.2) <0.001
  Treatment 39.0 (30.4–48.2) 39.1 (31.7–46.8) 40.7 (33.4–48.3) 0.53
  Control 33.1 (25.3–41.7) 30.3 (23.9–37.2) 31.1 (24.9–37.9) 0.74

Diabetes
  Prevalence 1.2 (0.8–1.9) 3.5 (2.5–4.8) 12.0 (9.8–14.5) <0.001
  Treatment 62.5 (24.5–91.5) 62.5 (35.4–84.8) 57.5 (42.2–71.7) 0.51
  FPG <126 mg/dL 30.8 (9.1–61.4) 32.3 (16.7–51.4) 12.8 (6.8–21.2) <0.001

Men N=731 N=1503 N=881

Hypertension
  Prevalence 14.8 (12.1–17.9) 24.4 (21.9–27.1) 40.3 (35.9–44.8) <0.001
  Treatment 50.9 (37.3–64.4) 53.5 (45.7–61.1) 56.9 (48.4–65.0) 0.006
  Control 33.3 (23.4–44.5) 36.1 (30.3–42.1) 36.8-(30.8–43.2) 0.30

Elevated LDL-C
  Prevalence 18.6 (15.5–22.1) 32.9 (29.9–36.0) 41.1 (36.6–45.8) <0.001
  Treatment 28.3 (20.2–37.6) 34.9 (30.0–40.0) 38.9 (32.8–45.3) 0.009
  Control 18.5 (12.2–26.2) 23.9 (19.9–28.2) 27.9 (22.8–33.4) 0.009

Diabetes
  Prevalence 1.7 (0.9–2.9) 4.5 (3.5–5.7) 11.8 ( 9.6–14.3) <0.001
  Treatment 80.0 (28.4–99.5) 43.8 (26.4–62.3) 52.8 (38.6–66.7) 0.90
  FPG <126 mg/dL 40.0 (12.2–73.8) 14.3 (6.4–26.2) 17.8 ( 10.5–27.3) 0.40

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Hb A1c, Hemoglobin A1c level; FPG, fasting plasma glucose

SI conversion factor: To convert fasting plasma glucose to mmol/L, multiply mg/dL values by 0.0555

*

Global GEE p-value

Global ANOVA p-value