Hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype predicts diabetes: a cohort study in Chinese urban adults

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Risk of prediabetes by the 4 phenotype groups for men and women

Phenotype group	No. of person-years	No. of prediabetes	Unadjusted			Adjusted^a
			HR	95% CI	P value	HR	95% CI	P value
Men
NWNT	2632	578	Reference			Reference
HTG	1075	268	1.15	0.99-1.33	0.061	1.07	0.92-1.26	0.264
EW	619	165	1.24	1.04-1.47	0.015	0.95	0.78-1.16	0.678
HTGW	408	179	1.34	1.13-1.58	0.000	1.01	0.82-1.24	0.898
Women
NWNT	1650	157	Reference			Reference
HTG	172	30	1.83	1.24-2.70	0.003	1.42	0.96-2.12	0.083
EW	404	93	2.41	1.87-3.12	0.000	1.61	1.17-2.21	0.003
HTGW	230	63	2.87	2.14-3.85	0.000	1.51	1.04-2.19	0.029

^a Adjusted for age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol.
Abbreviations: NWNT, normal waist normal triglyceride; HTG, hypertriglyceridemia; EW, enlarged waist circumference; HTGW, hypertriglyceridemic-waist; HR, hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
Note: NWNT was defined as serum triglyceride concentration <1.7 mmol/L and waist circumference <90 cm for men and <80 cm for women; HTG was defined as serum triglyceride concentration ≥1.7 mmol/L and waist circumference <90 cm for men and <80 cm for women; EW was defined as serum triglyceride concentration <1.7 mmol/L and waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women; HTGW was defined as serum triglyceride concentration ≥1.7 mmol/L and waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for men and ≥ 80 cm for women.

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