Table 4.

Association between glycaemic status at baseline and risk of subsequent multimorbidity cluster of cardiovascular disease and cancer in female participants

Variable	Hazard ratios	95% confidence interval	P value
Age (years)	1.04	0.99–1.10	0.087
Smoking (yes = 1)	0.44	0.10–1.86	0.26
Obesity status (yes = 1)	1.56	0.74–3.28	0.24
Hypertension status (yes = 1)	1.40	0.67–2.94	0.36
Hypoglycaemic drugs (yes = 1)	0.66	0.27–1.64	0.37
Lipid-lowering drugs (yes = 1)	1.45	0.59–3.6	0.41
Antihypertensive drugs (yes = 1)	0.92	0.38–2.24	0.85
Glucose status at baseline
Normal glucose tolerance	Reference
Impaired glucose tolerance	2.52	0.82–7.75	0.11
Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes	3.95	1.29–12.07	0.016