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Table 3 Adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) for incident diabetes by components of the metabolic syndrome among participants aged 35–65 years, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study 194–1998 to 2005

From: Metabolic syndrome and risk of incident diabetes: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study

 

N

NCEP abdominal obesity

IDF abdominal obesity

Hypertriglyceridemia

Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

High blood pressure

Hyperglycemia

Total

2796

2.81 (2.36, 3.33)

2.90 (2.29, 3.67)

1.26 (1.06, 1.51)

1.97 (1.64, 2.37)

1.52 (1.22, 1.90)

2.67 (2.26, 3.16)

Men

1186

2.44 (1.97, 3.02)

2.73 (2.02, 3.69)

1.20 (0.94, 1.52)

2.02 (1.58, 2.59)

1.95 (1.40, 2.72)

2.45 (1.97, 3.05)

Women

1610

3.62 (2.67, 4.90)

3. 05 (2.05, 4.52)

1.36 (1.04, 1.78)

1.95 (1.46, 2.61)

1.20 (0.89, 1.63)

3.21 (2.45, 4.19)

  1. IDF = International Diabetes Federation; NCEP = National Cholesterol Education Program.
  2. Adjusted for age, sex, educational status, smoking status, alcohol use, occupational activity, physical activity, concentrations of total cholesterol and C-reactive protein, and other components of the metabolic syndrome.
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