Relationship between body composition indicators and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese adults

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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of risk factors of T2DM in medical examination population

Characteristics	β	SE	*Wald*	OR(95%CI)^a	*P-value*
Constant term	− 7.82	0.59	177.87		< 0.001
Sex (Females as a reference)
Males	0.52	0.14	14.84	1.68 (1.29–2.19)	< 0.001
Age (years)	0.05	0.00	168.55	1.05 (1.04–1.06)	< 0.001
Waist-to-hip ratio (normal as a reference)
Over-standard	0.45	0.14	9.84	1.56 (1.18–2.07)	0.002
Body fat percentage (normal or low as a reference)
Over-standard	0.48	0.26	3.60	1.62 (1.01–2.68)	0.049
VFA (cm²)	0.01	0.00	11.23	1.01 (1.01–1.02)	0.001

Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, VFA visceral fat area, CI confidence interval, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus
^aOR adjusted for BMI

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