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Table 4 Crude and adjusted gender-specific associations of diabetes with increased left ventricular diameter and wall thickness

From: Diabetes, gender, and left ventricular structure in African-Americans: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

 

Left Ventricular Diameter

Wall Thickness

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

 

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

Unadjusted

    

Diabetes

2.36 (1.48–3.77)

1.31 (0.94–1.82)

1.77 (1.13–2.79)

2.70 (1.97–3.68)

Body-size Adjusted*

    

Diabetes

2.10 (1.30–3.41)

1.01 (0.71–1.44)

1.48 (0.93–2.37)

2.04 (1.47–2.84)

Multiply Adjusted †

    

Diabetes

2.13 (1.28–3.53)

1.02 (0.70–1.49)

1.33 (0.81–2.18)

1.89 (1.34–2.66)

BMI‡

1.22 (0.75–2.00)

3.43 (2.42–4.87)

2.58 (1.63–4.07)

1.68 (1.27–2.23)

Waist-Hip Ratio‡

1.50 (0.90–2.50)

0.88 (0.61–1.27)

1.09 (0.68–1.76)

1.85 (1.32–2.58)

Systolic BP‡

1.85 (1.16–2.96)

2.04 (1.44–2.89)

2.24 (1.43–3.52)

2.00 (1.44–2.79)

  1. * Models adjusted for BMI, waist-hip ratio and height;
  2. † Models adjusted for BMI, waist-hip ratio, systolic blood pressure, height, age, total cholesterol, activity level, smoking, education level and antihypertensive medication use;
  3. ‡ 4th Quartile vs. rest of sample;