Correlates of Adverse Outcomes in Abdominally Obese Individuals: Findings from the Five-Year Followup of the Population-Based Study of Health in Pomerania
Table 3
Predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in abdominal obese individuals retained after blockwise selection in multivariate analysis.
Incident CVD
Incident T2DM
Incident T2DM or CVD
OR (95% CI)
OR (95% CI)
OR (95% CI)
(cases)
1506 (136)
1490 (114)
1490 (114)
Male
1.37 (1.00; 1.87)
0.05
1.28 (0.76; 2.14)
0.35
1.30 (0.97; 1.73)
0.08
Age, per years
1.04 (1.02; 1.05)
<0.01
1.05 (1.03; 1.07)
<0.01
1.04 (1.03; 1.06)
<0.01
Waist circumference, per cm
1.01 (0.99; 1.03)
0.24
1.07 (1.05; 1.09)
<0.01
1.04 (1.03; 1.05)
<0.01
Sociodemographic parameters
Unemployment
2.38 (1.35; 4.18)
<0.01
—
1.82 (1.12; 2.95)
0.02
Marital status (ref: married)
Divorced or widowed
1.80 (1.14; 2.83)
0.01
—
1.54 (0.90; 2.62)
0.12
Single
1.35 (0.74; 2.48)
0.33
—
1.46 (0.71; 3.01)
0.31
Health parameters
Alcohol consumption, per SD increase
—
0.83 (0.64; 1.09)
0.19
—
Liver disease
—
2.49 (1.01; 6.18)
0.05
1.77 (0.97; 3.23)
0.06
HDL cholesterol, per SD decrease
—
1.21 (1.02; 1.43)
0.03
—
—
Glucose, per SD increase
—
1.83 (1.39; 2.42)
<0.01
1.54 (1.32; 1.79)
<0.01
Abdominal obesity was defined by WHtR ≥ 0.5. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; SD: standard deviation.