Stronger Associations of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference with Diabetes than Waist-Height Ratio and Triglyceride Glucose Index in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population with and without diabetes.

Characteristics	Total; ()	Nondiabetes; ()	Diabetes; ()	value
Age (years)	63 (61–68)	63 (61–68)	63 (61–68)	0.42
Gender (%)				0.21
Men	19,552 (47.41)	18,410 (47.49)	1,142 (46.2)
Women	21,690 (52.59)	20,360 (52.51)	1,330 (53.80)
Marital status (%)				0.04
Living with partner	6,775 (16.43)	6,406 (16.52)	369 (14.93)
Living without partner	34,467 (83.57)	32,364 (83.48)	2,103 (85.07)
Smoking (%)				0.42
Never	34,446 (83.52)	32,367 (83.48)	2,079 (84.1)
Current or previous	6,796 (16.48)	6,403 (16.52)	393 (15.90)
Drinking (%)				0.36
Never	38,059 (92.28)	35,783 (92.30)	2,276 (92.07)
Occasionally	2,386 (5.79)	2,247 (5.80)	139 (5.62)
Daily	797 (1.93)	740 (1.91)	57 (2.31)
Physicial activity (%)				0.46
Never	29,733 (72.09)	27,978 (72.16)	1,755 (71.00)
Occasionally	2,260 (5.48)	2,109 (5.44)	151 (6.11)
More than once a week	1,766 (4.28)	1,657 (4.27)	109 (4.41)
Daily	7,483 (18.14)	7,026 (18.12)	457 (18.49)
SBP (mmHg)	130.00 (120.00–140.00)	130.00 (120.00–140.00)	130.00 (120.00–142.00)	0.001
DBP (mmHg)	80.00 (71.00–85.00)	80.00 (71.00–85.00)	80.00 (73.00–85.00)	0.001
RHR	73.00 (68.00–78.00)	73.00 (68.00–78.00)	74.00 (69.00–79.00)	<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)	5.12 (4.66–5.60)	5.11 (4.65–5.59)	5.36 (4.80–5.90)	<0.001
TC (mmol/L)	4.69 (4.13–5.30)	4.69 (4.13–5.30)	4.69 (4.16–5.33)	0.55
TG (mmol/L)	1.21 (0.89–1.60)	1.21 (0.89–1.59)	1.30 (0.95–1.70)	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	23.94 (22.21–26.23)	23.88 (22.15–26.17)	24.77 (22.94–27.14)	<0.001

WC (cm) 83.00 (77.00–89.00) 83.00 (77.00–89.00) 84.00 (78.00–90.00) <0.001. WHtR 0.52 (0.48–0.56) 0.52 (0.48–0.56) 0.52 (0.48–0.56) <0.001. TyG index 8.50 (8.16–8.80) 8.50 (8.16–8.79) 8.61 (8.27–8.93) <0.001.