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Table 3 Contribution of individual and combined effects of BMI and MetS to the risk of incident diabetes.

From: "Predictability of body mass index for diabetes: Affected by the presence of metabolic syndrome?"

 

Men

Women

 

Age adjusted

Multivariable-adjusteda

Age adjusted

Multivariable-adjusteda

 

OR

95% CIs

P

OR

95% CIs

P

OR

95% CIs

P

OR

95% CIs

P

MetSb

3.1

2.2-4.4

<0.001

2.9

2.1-4.2

<0.001

6.1

4.4-8.5

<0.001

5.8

4.2-8.2

<0.001

BMI (kg.m-2)c

   <25

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

   25-30

2.1

1.3-3.2

0.001

1.9

1.3-3.0

0.003

2.0

1.2-3.1

0.005

1.9

1.2-3.1

0.006

   ≥30

4.7

2.93-7.6

<0.001

4.2

2.6-6.8

<0.001

4.2

2.7-6.7

<0.001

3.9

2.5-6.3

<0.001

No MetS-BMI (kg.m-2)d

   <25

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

1.0

  

   25-30

1.7

1.0-3.1

0.063

1.6

0.9-2.9

0.096

2.3

1.2-4.3

0.010

2.3

1.2-4.3

0.012

   ≥30

3.8

1.7-8.9

0.002

3.6

1.5-8.4

0.003

2.2

1.0-4.7

0.039

2.2

1.0-4.7

0.044

MetS-BMI (kg.m-2)

   <25

3.0

1.3-6.9

0.007

3.1

1.3-7.0

0.007

9.3

3.9-22.1

<0.001

8.8

3.7-21.2

<0.001

   25-29.9

3.6

2.1-6.1

<0.001

3.4

2.0-5.8

<0.001

7.7

4.0-14.7

<0.001

7.7

4.0-14.9

<0.001

   ≥30

6.5

3.8-11.2

<0.001

5.7

3.3-9.9

<0.001

13.5

7.4-24.6

<0.001

12.6

6.9-23.2

<0.001

  1. BMI, body a mass index, calculated as weight (kg) divided by height (m) squared; MetS, metabolic syndrome.
  2. a. OR adjusted for age, family history of diabetes, history of CVD, education, smoking, and intervention
  3. b. Reference: individuals without MetS
  4. c. Reference: normal-weight individuals
  5. d. Reference: normal-weight individuals without MetS
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