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Table 5 Age-adjusted associations between anthropometric measures that were dichotomized based on the established cut-off values and previously and recently diagnosed diabetes and hypertension

From: The performance of anthropometric measures to predict diabetes mellitus and hypertension among adults in Jordan

 

Women

Men

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p-value

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p-value

Recently diagnosed diabetes

 Waist Circumference

5.1

2.3

11.0

< 0.001

3.2

1.6

6.5

0.001

 Hip Circumference

3.1

1.5

6.7

0.003

1.6

0.8

3.3

0.157

 Body Mass Index

3.3

1.8

6.2

< 0.001

2.7

1.3

5.8

0.011

 Waist to Hip Ratio

2.9

1.5

5.4

0.001

2.7

1.3

5.8

0.011

 Waist to Height Ratio

5.1

2.4

10.9

< 0.001

4.0

1.8

8.6

0.001

Previously diagnosed diabetes

 Waist Circumference

3.1

2.3

4.2

< 0.001

2.5

1.6

3.2

< 0.001

 Hip Circumference

1.4

1.1

1.9

0.019

1.3

0.9

1.7

0.147

 Body Mass Index

1.8

1.4

2.4

< 0.001

2.4

1.7

3.3

< 0.001

 Waist to Hip Ratio

3.2

2.4

4.3

< 0.001

2.4

1.7

3.3

< 0.001

 Waist to Height Ratio

3.3

2.5

4.5

< 0.001

2.5

1.4

3.1

< 0.001

Recently diagnosed hypertension

 Waist Circumference

2.8

1.8

3.1

< 0.001

2.3

1.7

3.1

< 0.001

 Hip Circumference

2.6

2.0

3.3

< 0.001

1.9

1.4

2.6

< 0.001

 Body Mass Index

2.7

2.2

3.3

< 0.001

2.1

1.6

2.9

< 0.001

 Waist to Hip Ratio

1.5

1.2

1.9

< 0.001

1.7

1.2

2.3

< 0.001

 Waist to Height Ratio

2.8

2.0

3.2

< 0.001

2.3

1.7

3.1

< 0.001

Previously diagnosed hypertension

 Waist Circumference

3.3

2.5

4.4

< 0.001

2.6

1.9

3.6

< 0.001

 Hip Circumference

2.4

1.8

3.1

< 0.001

1.9

1.3

2.6

< 0.001

 Body Mass Index

2.8

2.2

3.6

< 0.001

2.5

1.7

3.5

< 0.001

 Waist to Hip Ratio

2.1

1.6

2.6

< 0.001

2.0

1.4

2.8

< 0.001

 Waist to Height Ratio

3.4

2.6

4.4

< 0.001

2.6

1.9

3.7

< 0.001