Research Article

Association of Wrist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Type II Diabetics in a Ghanaian Population

Table 3

Cross-sectional association and predictability of baseline wrist circumference (WrC) for dyslipidaemia and haemodynamic indices.

VariableMenWomen
β (SE)R2aOR (95% CI) valueβ (SE)R2aOR (95% CI) value

WrC
MetS0.80 (0.67)0.452.23 (0.60–8.28)0.2301.118 (0.402)0.2213.06 (1.39–6.72)0.005
TCɵ0.02 (0.54)0.181.02 (0.35–2.95)0.9690.355 (0.424)0.1431.43 (0.63–3.28)0.403
TGɵ0.24 (0.54)0.060.98 (0.36–2.68)0.9630.021 (0.210)0.011.02 (0.67–1.54)0.919
HDL-Cɵ1.42 (0.81)0.294.14 (0.85–20.24)0.0790.201 (0.239)0.0271.22 (0.77–1.95)0.401
CR0.78 (0.72)0.222.19 (0.54–8.90)0.2730.148 (0.217)0.0511.16 (0.76–1.77)0.495
SBP0.42 (0.54)0.091.52 (0.52–4.38)0.4360.730 (0.292)0.4812.08 (1.17–3.68)0.012
DBP1.31 (0.71)0.240.27 (0.07–1.08)0.0640.360 (0.244)0.0611.42 (0.89–2.31)0.140
WHtR
MetS0.53 (0.81)0.081.70 (0.40–2.01)0.2830.014 (0.102)0.0911.01 (0.43–1.07)0.381
TCɵ0.17 (0.90)0.131.19 (0.30–2.91)0.5580.243 (0.183)0.0741.28 (0.39–2.18)0.459
TGɵ0.43 (0.81)0.081.14 (0.31–2.22)0.6011.173 (0.228)0.3753.23 (0.10–3.82)0.001
HDL-Cɵ−0.30 (0.81)0.210.74 (0.20–8.34)0.8150.293 (0.197)0.0581.34 (0.05–1.99)0.431
CR0.37 (0.75)0.301.45 (0.17–2.83)0.3390.153 (0.216)0.0921.17 (0.53–1.95)0.503
SBP0.31 (0.54)0.051.36 (0.12–2.19)0.4070.527 (0.191)0.3291.69 (0.51–2.25)0.425
DBP0.03 (0.21)0.021.03 (0.18–1.25)0.5910.278 (0.37)0.1011.32 (0.51–1.72)0.595

Adjusted for fasting blood glucose, duration of diabetes, history of hypertension, and age. ɵAdjusted for fasting blood glucose, duration of diabetes, and age. CR: coronary risk.