Table 3.

Subgroup analysis

Subgroup	No. studies	OR	LL	UL	P-effect Size	P- interaction
Mortality
Men	3	1.03	0.95	1.12	0.49	0.04
Women	3	1.55	1.05	2.27	0.03
adequate adjustment	9	1.09	0.83	1.43	0.55	0.54
inadequate adjustment	3	1.22	0.94	1.59	0.14
General population	10	1.09	0.87	1.37	0.46	0.49
Diabetes	2	1.37	0.75	2.50	0.31
Cardiovascular death
Men	3	1.14	0.92	1.40	0.23	0.00
Women	2	4.73	2.15	10.37	0.00
adequate adjustment	5	1.88	1.12	3.15	0.02	0.84
inadequate adjustment	4	1.76	1.18	2.62	0.01
General population	8	1.75	1.26	2.43	0.00	0.36
Diabetes	1	2.97	1.00	8.80	0.05
Cardiovascular events
Men	6	1.29	1.13	1.47	0.00	0.67
Women	2	1.21	0.94	1.57	0.14
adequate adjustment	12	1.39	1.23	1.58	0.00	0.91
inadequate adjustment	4	1.37	1.01	1.84	0.04
General population	15	1.37	1.22	1.54	0.00	0.81
Diabetes	1	1.42	1.11	1.81	0.00
Myocardial infarction
Men	2	1.22	1.09	1.37	0.00	0.24
Women	1	1.40	1.15	1.70	0.00
adequate adjustment	3	1.72	0.98	3.01	0.06	0.29
inadequate adjustment	3	1.26	1.15	1.39	0.00
General population	5	1.27	1.13	1.44	0.00	0.13
Diabetes	1	2.04	1.12	3.70	0.02

*Only feasible analyses are shown