Research Article
Correlates and Predictors of Increasing Waist Circumference in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Multiple linear regression predicting waist circumference (
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| Variable | (SE) | | 95% CI |
| Step 1 | | | | (Constant) | 85.17 (1.74) | | 81.75–88.60 | Female gender | 14.04 (1.99) | 0.38** | 10.14–17.95 | Step 2 | | | | (Constant) | 36.56 (8.94) | | 18.98–54.14 | Male versus female | 1.86 (1.99) | 0.05 | −2.05–5.77 | WHR | 33.59 (4.24) | 0.43** | 25.25–41.93 | Duration | −0.020 (0.14) | −0.01 | −0.29–0.25 | Age (years) | 0.52 (0.06) | 0.40** | 0.40–0.64 | FPG (m/mol) | 0.75 (0.24) | 0.14* | 0.27–1.23 |
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for Step 1 = 0.14, Step 2 = 0.48 (). **, *. WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; WC: waist circumference; AG: age; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; and DD: diabetes duration.
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