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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2007 Nov 28;51(2):267–275. doi: 10.1007/s00125-007-0882-y

Table 2.

RR of mortality among women with HbA1c <5.6%

HbA1c p value for linear trend
Quintile 1
(2.27–4.79%)		 Quintile 2
(4.79–4.91%)		 Quintile 3
(4.92–5.03%)		 Quintile 4
(5.04–5.18%)		 Quintile 5
(5.19–5.59%)
Cases 83 111 120 116 178
Person-years 51,422 51,224 51,084 50,882 50,572
RR (95% CI)a 1.00 1.18 (0.89–1.57) 1.20 (0.91–1.59) 1.05 (0.79–1.40) 1.44 (1.11–1.88) 0.02
RR (95% CI)b 1.00 1.12 (0.84–1.49) 1.12 (0.84–1.48) 0.97 (0.73–1.30) 1.31 (1.00–1.72) 0.10
RR (95% CI)c 1.00 1.11 (0.84–1.48) 1.13 (0.85–1.50) 0.96 (0.72–1.28) 1.28 (0.98–1.69) 0.14

Data exclude women with self-reported history of diabetes

a

Adjusted for age at baseline in 5 year categories

b

Adjusted for age at baseline in 5 year categories, strenuous exercise (rarely/never, <1 time/week, 1–3 times/week, ≥4 times/week), postmenopausal hormone use (never, past, current), multivitamin use (never, past, current), smoking status (never, past, current), BMI (<21, 21–22.9, 23–24.9, 25–26.9, 27–28.9, 29–30.9, ≥31 kg/m2)

c

Adjusted for age at baseline in 5 year categories, strenuous exercise (rarely/never, <1 time/week, 1–3 times/week, ≥4 times/week), postmenopausal hormone use (never, past, current), multivitamin use (never, past, current), smoking status (never, past, current), BMI (<21, 21–22.9, 23–24.9, 25–26.9, 27–28.9, 29–30.9, ≥31 kg/m2), quintile of triacylglycerol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, hsCRP and history of hypertension (yes or no)