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. 2014 Jun 4;9(6):e98508. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098508

Table 3. Joint associations of weight status and cardiorespiratory fitness with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus.

BMI <25 kg/m2 BMI ≥25 kg/m2
Fit Unfit Fit Unfit
(upper two-thirds) (lower one-third) P value* (upper two-thirds) (lower one-third) P value
Estimated VO2max
median (IQR), ml/min/kg 40.7 (37.8–44.5) 32.8 (30.8–34.0) 38.4 (36.4–41.4) 31.5 (29.5–33.3)
No. of subjects 2,096 785 245 397
No. of cases 89 43 35 32
Person-years 12,785 4,646 1,364 2,393
Age-, sex-, and baseline year-adjusted 1.00 (reference) 1.30 (0.90, 1.87) 0.16 3.26 (2.20, 4.81) 1.93 (1.29, 2.89) 0.033
Multivariable-adjusted model 1 1.00 (reference) 1.32 (0.91, 1.90) 0.15 2.94 (1.98, 4.37) 1.83 (1.21, 2.76) 0.053

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range.

*P value between fit and unfit in each category of BMI.

Adjusted for age, baseline year (2003, 2004, or 2005), smoking status (non-smoker or current smoker consuming 1 to 10, 11 to 20, or ≥21 cigarettes per day), alcohol consumption (non-drinker or drinker consuming <1 unit, 1 to <2 units, or ≥2 units per day, 1 unit of alcohol corresponds to 1 go of Japanese sake which approximately contains 23 g of ethanol), sleep duration (<7, 7 to <9, or ≥9 hours per day), hypertension (presence or absence), and family history of diabetes (presence or absence).