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Table 3 Multivariable-adjusted odds ratios for diabetes by gender*

From: Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among residents in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China

Variable

Male

Female

 

OR (95% CI&)

P value

OR (95% CI&)

P value

Age, per 10-yr increment

1.70 (1.52 - 1.89)

0.004

1.71 (1.47 - 1.95)

0.002

Less than junior middle school

1.21 (1.16 - 1.27)

0.001

1.23 (1.17 - 1.28)

<0.001

Family history of diabetes#

1.51 (1.27 - 1.89)

0.002

1.53 (1.41 - 1.65)

0.001

Central obesity#

2.15 (1.98 - 2.32)

<0.001

2.20 (2.03 - 2.38)

<0.001

Hypertension#

1.74 (1.56 - 1.92)

0.002

1.48 (1.31 - 1.65)

0.021

Smoking#

1.17 (1.04 - 1.30)

0.035

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  1. *Odds ratios were calculated with the use of multinomial logit models. All covariables were included in the model.
  2. #References were participants without family history of diabetes, not central obesity, not hypertension and no smoking.
  3. & Abbreviation: CI confidence intervals, OR odds ratio.