Four-Year Trends in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors according to Baseline Abdominal Obesity Status in West-African Adults: The Benin Study

Table 3

Evolution of prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors during the four-year followup period (𝑛=366).

Risk factors (%)	Women(𝑛=188)			Men(𝑛=178)
	Baseline	T2 (4 years)	𝑃 value^a	Baseline	T2 (4 years)	𝑃 value^a
High blood pressure^b	36.7	25.0	0.014	35.1	18.0	<0.001
High fasting glycemia^c	10.1	17.0	0.050	7.9	23.6	<0.001
Insulin resistance^c	33.0	38.2	0.281	19.1	29.2	0.025
Low HDL-C	31.4	47.3	<0.001	21.1	30.3	<0.001
High TC/HDL-C	19.1	29.1	0.022	10.1	18.0	0.032
High triglycerides	1.1	5.9	0.011	2.8	12.2	<0.001
Overweight/obesity	53.2	62.8	0.060	24.7	33.1	0.079
Abdominal obesity	48.4	68.1	<0.001	18.0	20.2	0.589

^a𝑃 values for χ ² test.
^bIncluding 30 subjects under treatment for high blood pressure.
^cSubjects under treatment for diabetes are included (𝑛=3).