A Case-Control Study on Risk Factors and Their Interactions with Prediabetes among the Elderly in Rural Communities of Yiyang City, Hunan Province

Table 3

Physiological features and other chronic diseases among the elderly.

Variables	Cases ()		Controls ()		Value	value
	No.	%	No.	%
Hypertension
Yes	194	45.6	127	29.9	24.07	<0.001
No	231	54.4	298	70.1
Dyslipidaemia
Yes	171	40.2	124	29.2	11.39	0.001
No	254	59.8	301	70.8
Coronary heart disease
Yes	51	12.0	47	11.1	0.12	0.728
No	374	88.0	378	88.9
BMI
Lean	17	4.0	25	5.9	52.32	<0.001
Normal	226	53.2	316	74.3
Overweight	128	30.1	70	16.5
Obesity	54	12.7	14	3.3
WHR
High	355	83.5	300	70.6	21.93	<0.001
Normal	70	16.5	125	29.4

BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio.