Waist circumference is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events in male but not female patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although studies have shown that waist circumference (WC) is positively associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases among the normal population, few studies have investigated WC in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods

This was a post hoc analysis of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study. The Cox proportional hazards models was used to investigate the relationship between WC and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in T2DM patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or high risk factors of CVD.

Results

A total of 10,251 T2DM patients (6299 men [61.4%], 3952 women [38.6%]) were included in our analysis. The mean age was 64.0 ± 7.53 years. After a mean follow-up at 9.2 ± 2.4 years later, 1

SUBMITTER: Xing Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature