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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2012 Aug 12;55(11):2954–2962. doi: 10.1007/s00125-012-2674-2

Table 2.

ORs for type 2 diabetes and metabolic disorders according to quartiles of trans-18:1 fatty acid

trans-18:1 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 p for trend
Median 0.138 0.177 0.214 0.270
Type 2 diabetesa 116 111 97 101
 Model 1 1 0.81 (0.61, 1.08) 0.65 (0.48, 0.88) 0.65 (0.48, 0.88) 0.003
 Model 2 1 0.75 (0.55, 1.02) 0.59 (0.43, 0.81) 0.61 (0.44, 0.85) 0.002
 Model 3 1 0.75 (0.55, 1.03) 0.58 (0.42, 0.81) 0.68 (0.48, 0.97) 0.02
Central obesitya 381 429 368 322
 Model 1 1 1.11 (0.90, 1.38) 0.72 (0.58, 0.90) 0.47 (0.38, 0.59) <0.0001
 Model 2 1 1.15 (0.83, 1.60) 0.87 (0.62, 1.21) 0.67 (0.47, 0.95) 0.004
 Model 3 1 1.14 (0.82, 1.60) 0.85 (0.60, 1.19) 0.66 (0.46, 0.94) 0.004
Hypertriacylglycerolaemiaa 205 215 182 154
 Model 1 1 0.92 (0.73, 1.16) 0.68 (0.54, 0.87) 0.48 (0.38, 0.62) <0.0001
 Model 2 1 0.93 (0.73, 1.18) 0.75 (0.59, 0.96) 0.58 (0.44, 0.75) <0.0001
 Model 3 1 0.91 (0.72, 1.16) 0.70 (0.55, 0.91) 0.50 (0.38, 0.65) <0.0001
Low HDL-cholesterola 372 333 321 290
 Model 1 1 0.75 (0.61, 0.92) 0.67 (0.54, 0.83) 0.47 (0.38, 0.59) <0.0001
 Model 2 1 0.73 (0.59, 0.91) 0.74 (0.59, 0.92) 0.57 (0.45, 0.72) <0.0001
 Model 3 1 0.73 (0.58, 0.91) 0.73 (0.58, 0.92) 0.56 (0.44, 0.72) <0.0001
Hyperglycaemiaa 307 334 320 295
 Model 1 1 1.00 (0.81, 1.24) 0.86 (0.69, 1.07) 0.75 (0.60, 0.94) 0.004
 Model 2 1 0.96 (0.77, 1.20) 0.87 (0.70, 1.09) 0.80 (0.63, 1.00) 0.04
 Model 3 1 0.97 (0.78, 1.21) 0.86 (0.68, 1.08) 0.80 (0.62, 1.02) 0.04
High blood pressurea 575 575 530 519
 Model 1 1 0.97 (0.77, 1.23) 0.72 (0.57, 0.91) 0.71 (0.56, 0.90) 0.0007
 Model 2 1 1.00 (0.78, 1.28) 0.80 (0.63, 1.03) 0.88 (0.68, 1.14) 0.20
 Model 3 1 0.99 (0.77, 1.27) 0.79 (0.62, 1.01) 0.89 (0.68, 1.16) 0.23
Insulin resistance 229 244 197 164
 Model 1 1 1.02 (0.82, 1.27) 0.72 (0.58, 0.91) 0.51 (0.40, 0.65) <0.0001
 Model 2 1 1.02 (0.81, 1.29) 0.80 (0.63, 1.03) 0.63 (0.49, 0.82) <0.0001
 Model 3 1 1.00 (0.79, 1.28) 0.79 (0.61, 1.01) 0.62 (0.47, 0.81) 0.0001
Chronic inflammation 109 102 76 81
 Model 1 1 0.83 (0.62, 1.12) 0.57 (0.42, 0.79) 0.59 (0.43, 0.81) 0.0003
 Model 2 1 0.82 (0.61, 1.11) 0.61 (0.44, 0.84) 0.67 (0.48, 0.93) 0.008
 Model 3 1 0.81 (0.60, 1.10) 0.61 (0.44, 0.84) 0.69 (0.49, 0.97) 0.01

Model 1: adjusted for age, sex and north/south and urban/rural locations

Model 2: further adjusted for family history of chronic diseases, education, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, energy intake, consumption of carbohydrate and protein (% of energy) and BMI

Model 3: further adjusted for energy-adjusted dietary GI, red meat, vegetables, fruits, dietary fibre and erythrocyte trans-18:2 fatty acids levels

a

Number of participants in Q1–Q4 were 777, 777, 776 and 777, respectively. Numbers of cases in each quartile are shown