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. 2025 Jun 24;40(7):845–857. doi: 10.1007/s10654-025-01261-6

Table 3.

Incidence of early-onset type 2 diabetes and hazard ratios (CI95) according to exposure variables in the sibling cohort

Cases Person-years Incidence rate* Model 1 Model 2
Sex
 Women 1 174 29 757 39.45 1.00
 Men 1 298 34 283 37.86 0.90 (0.80—1.02)
BMI of the mother in early pregnancy
 < 18.5 kg/m2 85 2 224 38.22 1.08 (0.72–1.63) 1.04 (0.69–1.57)
 ≥ 18.5 and < 25 kg/m2 986 25 355 38.89 1.00 1.00
 ≥ 25 and < 30 kg/m2 413 10 599 38.97 0.94 (0.76–1.16) 0.94 (0.76–1.17)
 ≥ 30 kg/m2 180 4 553 39.53 0.87 (0.63–1.18) 0.92 (0.67–1.27)
Exposure to maternal diabetes during pregnancy
 No 2 353 61 465 38.28 1.00 1.00
 Yes 119 2 575 46.21 1.18 (0.76–1.85) 1.25 (0.79–1.96)
Smoking during pregnancy
 No smoking 1 328 34 513 38.48 1.00 1.00
 Smoking 965 25 198 38.30 1.08 (0.84–1.39) 1.02 (0.79–1.32)
  1 to 9 cigarettes per day 500 13 202 37.87 1.04 (0.80–1.36) 0.99 (0.75–1.29)
  10 or more cigarettes per day 465 11 996 38.76 1.15 (0.86–1.53) 1.08 (0.80–1.45)
Infection during pregnancy
 No 2 370 61 417 38.59 1.00 1.00
 Yes 102 2 623 38.89 0.98 (0.72–1.34) 0.94 (0.68–1.29)
Pre-eclampsia
 No 2 370 61 800 38.35 1.00 1.00
 Yes 102 2 240 45.53 1.18 (0.80–1.73) 1.08 (0.73–1.61)
Gestational age
 Non-full-term birth (< 39 weeks) 706 17 581 40.16 1.14 (0.97–1.33) 0.97 (0.82–1.15)
  Extremely to very preterm (≥ 22 to < 32 weeks) 33 503 65.60 4.30 (1.68–10.96) 2.25 (0.83–6.07)
  Moderate to late preterm (≥ 32 to < 37 weeks) 162 3 690 43.90 1.21 (0.90–1.63) 0.87 (0.63–1.22)
  Early birth term (≥ 37 to < 39 weeks) 511 13 388 38.17 1.09 (0.92–1.29) 0.98 (0.82–1.16)
 Full term (≥ 39 weeks) 1 759 46 298 37.99 1.00 1.00
Birth weight
 < 2500 g 173 3 127 55.33 2.60 (1.83–3.69) 2.48 (1.65–3.72)
 ≥ 2500 g and < 3500 g 1 232 30 139 40.88 1.34 (1.15–1.56) 1.35 (1.15–1.58)
 ≥ 3500 g and < 4500 g 966 27 643 34.94 1.00 1.00
 ≥ 4500 g 91 2 945 30.90 0.73 (0.51–1.03) 0.72 (0.51–1.03)
Size for gestational age**
 Small for gestational age 171 3 048 56.10 2.11 (1.51–2.93) 2.05 (1.47–2.86)
 Normal for gestational age 2 162 57 393 37.67 1.00 1.00
 Large for gestational age 123 3 260 37.73 1.01 (0.74–1.40) 1.02 (0.73–1.40)
Mode of delivery
 Vaginal delivery 2 169 57 054 38.02 1.00 1.00
 C section 303 6 986 43.37 1.19 (0.89–1.60) 1.05 (0.77–1.44)

*For 1 000 person years

Model 1: each association with early-onset T2D is separately adjusted for sex

Model 2: mutual adjustment for sex, maternal BMI, diabetes, smoking and infection during pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, gestational age, birth weight, and mode of delivery

**In Model 2, size for gestational age was adjusted for the same variables except gestational age and birth weight