Clinical Study

C-Reactive Protein and Gamma-Glutamyltransferase Concentrations in Relation to the Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed by Glucose or HbA1c Criteria in Chinese Adults in Qingdao, China

Table 3

Odds ratio (95% CI) for newly diagnosed diabetes corresponding to a one-standard deviation increase in continuous variables stratified by waist circumference categories. Only the variables entered into the final logistic regression model are presented.

  Standard deviationFPG 7.0 mmol/L and/or 2hPG 11.1 mmol/L
OR (95% CI)
HbA1c 6.5% OR (95% CI)HbA1c 5.6%*
OR (95% CI)

Men

Waist circumference 90 (cm) ( )

Age (year)10.411.46 (1.12,1.89)
Positive family history of diabetes3.04 (1.60,5.77)
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)0.721.59 (1.29,1.96)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)19.251.38 (1.08,1.76)1.30 (1.10,1.53)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)1.031.32(1.04,1.66)
School years 9 ( 9)0.59(0.34,0.98)

Waist circumference 90 (cm) ( )

Age (year)10.411.62 (1.21,2.19)
Positive family history of diabetes2.42 (1.28,4.58)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)0.971.61 (1.23,2.10)1.61 (1.28,2.02)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)1.101.64 (1.26,2.14)
School years 9 ( 9)0.46 (0.25,0.85)
Body mass index (kg/m2)2.521.50 (1.05,2.15)1.27 (1.01,1.60)
Smoking2.29 (1.24,4.22)

All ( )

Age (year)10.411.65 (1.37,1.99)
Positive family history of diabetes2.35 (1.50,3.66)
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)0.721.42 (1.18,1.72)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)0.971.26 (1.06,1.49)1.32 (1.17,1.49)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)1.101.30 (1.11,1.52)
School years 9 ( 9)0.50 (0.34,0.74)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)1.031.24 (1.04,1.47)

Women

Waist circumference 80 (cm) ( )

Age (year)9.741.75 (1.26, 2.44)
Positive family history of diabetes2.42 (1.12,5.21)
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)0.541.83 (1.32,2.54)
School years 9 (versus 9)0.31 (0.15,0.64)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)22.421.34 (1.09,1.64)

Waist circumference 80 (cm) ( )

Age (year)9.741.47 (1.19,1.82)1.19 (1.04,1.36)
C-reactive protein1.021.30 (1.11,1.51)
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)0.541.56 (1.27,1.91)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)22.421.22 (1.02,1.48)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)0.801.57 (1.30,1.89)
School years 9 (versus 9)0.44 (0.26,0.75)

All ( )

Age (year)9.741.44 (1.19,1.73)1.15 (1.02,1.28)
Positive family history of diabetes1.66 (1.09,2.51)
Gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/L)0.541.57 (1.31,1.87)
C-reactive protein (mg/dl)1.021.21 (1.00,1.45)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)0.921.22 (1.04,1.43)1.16 (1.04,1.29)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)0.801.48 (1.26,1.74)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)22.421.26 (1.06,1.49)1.30 (1.10,1.53)
School years 9 ( 9)0.36 (0.23,0.55)

Age, body mass index, gamma-glutamyltransferase, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, total cholesterol, C-reactive protein, systolic blood pressure, family history of diabetes, school years, smoking, and alcohol-drinking are fitted in the models.C-reactive protein and gamma-glutamyltransferase were logarithmic transformed. *Optimal cutoff value for diagnosis of diabetes in this study population [16].