Factors associated with improvement in waist-to-height ratio among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients treated with acarbose or metformin: A randomized clinical trial study

Table 5 Baseline factors associated with a high change of waist-to-height ratio

	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95%CI)	P value	OR (95%CI)	P value
Acarbose
Age	1.032 (1.008 to 1.056)	0.009	1.023 (0.998 to 1.049)	0.070
Sex	1.554 (1.006 to 2.401)	0.047	1.654 (1.011 to 2.546)	0.045
AUCGLP-1, nmol × min	0.134 (0.043 to 0.420)	0.001	0.796 (0.705 to 0.898)	< 0.001
Metformin
Age	1.025 (1.001 to 1.049)	0.043	1.013 (0.988 to 1.039)	0.313
Sex	1.684 (1.086 to 2.612)	0.020	1.718 (1.091 to 2.704)	0.020
AUCGLP-1, nmol × min	2.808 (0.979 to 8.059)	0.055	1.133 (1.016 to 1.263)	0.025

AUCGLP-1: Area under the curve of glucagon-like peptide 1.