Table 5 Relation of waist:hip ratio to baseline risk factors. Statistical testing for categorical variables was by ANOVA and linear regression for continuous variables
Waist:hip ratio proportional change | |
|---|---|
Age (per decade) | 1.49 (1.17- 1.90) p = 0.0013 |
Duration of surgery(per minute) | 1.02 (0.97- 1.09) |
Wound length (per cm) | 1.47 (1.14- 1.88) p = 0.003 |
Ethnic Group: n, % | |
White Caucasian | 0.81 (0.42- 1.58) |
Afro Carib | 0.44 (0.18- 1.07) |
Asian | 1.52 (0.47- 4.86) |
Other (reference) | 1.85 |
Smoking status (%) | |
Current (reference) | 0.79 |
Ex | 1.34 (0.78-2.27) |
Never | 0.94 (0.59-1.50) |
Exercise | |
2 + ×/week v < 2× /week | 0.85 (0.39- 1.84) |
Occupation | |
Manual (reference) | 1.66 (NS) |
Non-manual | 0.82 (0.49-1.40) |
Retired | 0.73 ( 0.40-1.33) |