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

Table 5

Onset of cardiometabolic risk factors over the followup period before and after adjusting for WC changes, age, diet, and lifestyle (𝑛=366).

	Not adjusted				Adjusted^a
	Women		Men		Women		Men
	RR	CI 95%	RR	CI 95%	RR	CI 95%	RR	CI 95%
High fasting glycemia	1.90	0.79–4.75	2.35	0.97–5.68	1.90	0.79–4.75	1.33	0.48–3.72
Insulin resistance	1.38	0.65–2.91	1.76	0.58–5.30	1.40	0.62–3.20	2.22	0.85–5.78
Low HDL-C	0.79	0.40–1.62	3.01	1.12–8.23	0.47	0.19–1.10	3.18	1.06–9.61
High TC/HDL-C	1.57	0.71–3.29	4.70	1.70–13.1	1.61	0.66–3.93	7.45	2.01–25.79

^aAdjusted for WC (waist circumference) changes between T0 and T2 and baseline age, physical activity, alcohol intake, and dietary micronutrient adequacy score.