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Table 3 Association of the tertiles of visceral adiposity indexes with the development of diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy

From: Association of visceral adiposity index with incident nephropathy and retinopathy: a cohort study in the diabetic population

 

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Model 1

P value

Model 2

P value

Nephropathy

 VAI (ref: lower)

–

 

–

 

 Middle

1.222 (0.976–1.531)

0.080

1.098 (0.873–1.382)

0.425

 Upper

1.571 (1.251–1.973)

 < 0.001

1.338 (1.033–1.735)

0.028

 CVAI (ref: lower)

–

 

–

 

 Middle

1.136 (0.851–1.516)

0.387

0.989 (0.737–1.325)

0.938

 Upper

1.690 (1.293–2.208)

 < 0.001

1.317 (0.975–1.780)

0.073

Retinopathy

 VAI (ref: lower)

–

 

–

 

 Middle

1.025 (0.587–1.790)

0.930

0.765 (0.431–1.361)

0.363

 Upper

1.536 (0.915–2.578)

0.104

0.696 (0.354–1.367)

0.292

 CVAI (ref: lower)

–

 

–

 

 Middle

2.198 (1.119–4.317)

0.022

1.369 (0.688–2.722)

0.371

 Upper

2.335 (1.188–4.589)

0.014

1.134 (0.518–2.484)

0.754

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age and sex
  2. Model 2: age, sex, BMI group, education level, smoking status, drinking status, physical activity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, fasting glucose and use of antidiabetic medication;
  3. VAI visceral adiposity index, CVAI Chinese visceral adiposity index
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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