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. 2010 Jun 2;33(9):1990–1996. doi: 10.2337/dc10-0324

Table 2.

Lung function and risk of incident type 2 diabetes during 20 years of follow-up

FVC (l)
P-value trend
1 (<3.97) 2 (3.97–) 3 (4.43–) 4 (4.87–)
n 1,095 1,106 1,116 1,117
Rate/1,000 P-years 4.7 3.2 3.2 2.1
Model 1 2.54 (1.74–3.70) 1.58 (1.07–2.34) 1.56 (1.06–2.31) 1.00 <0.0001
Model 2 1.94 (1.32–2.86) 1.32 (0.89–1.97) 1.34 (0.90–1.97) 1.00 0.001
Model 3 1.59 (1.07–2.56) 1.14 (0.76–1.71) 1.27 (0.85–1.88) 1.00 0.03
Model 4 1.46 (0.97–2.20) 1.21 (0.81–1.81) 1.03 (0.68–1.55) 1.00 0.14
FEV1 (l)
P-value trend
1 (<2.95) 2 (2.95–) 3 (3.41–) 4 (3.81–)
n 1,108 1,107 1,111 1,108
Rate/1,000 P-years 3.9 3.4 3.5 2.2
Model 1 2.05 (1.40–3.01) 1.51 (1.03–2.23) 1.56 (1.07–2.26) 1.00 0.005
Model 2 1.92 (1.29–2.86) 1.35 (0.91–1.99) 1.52 (1.04–2.21) 1.00 0.02
Model 3 1.74 (1.16–2.61) 1.36 (0.92–2.03) 1.35 (0.92–1.98) 1.00 0.04
Model 4 1.67 (1.09–2.56) 1.31 (0.87–1.97) 1.40 (0.94–2.08) 1.00 0.11
FEV1-to-FVC ratio
P-value trend
1 (<0.71) 2 (0.71–) 3 (0.77–) 4 (0.82–)
Rate/1,000 P-years 2.5 3.7 3.2 3.6
Age-adjusted 0.67 (0.46–0.96) 0.87 (0.63–1.21) 0.77 (0.55–1.07) 1.00 0.12

Model 1, age-adjusted; Model 2, Model 1 + adjusted for age, BMI, smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake, social class, evidence of CHD (undiagnosed); Model 3, Model 2 + triglycerides, sBP, HDL cholesterol, blood glucose, and GGT; and Model 4, Model 3 + CRP + IL-6. P-years, person-years.