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. 2014 Oct 25;58(2):282–289. doi: 10.1007/s00125-014-3421-7

Table 3.

Risk of type 2 diabetes by quartiles of the lipophilic index in a case-cohort study embedded in the EPIC-Potsdam cohort (n = 1,740)

Quartile of lipophilic index
1 2 3 4 p value
Median index 21.5 23.2 24.7 26.8
n (cases/ subcohort) 68/351 70/352 88/351 136/352
Model 1a 1.00 (ref.)

0.97

(0.67, 1.40)

1.28

(0.89, 1.84)

1.76

(1.25, 2.47)

<0.001
Model 2b 1.00 (ref.)

0.97

(0.65, 1.43)

1.36

(0.93, 1.99)

1.85

(1.29, 2.65)

<0.001
Model 3c 1.00 (ref.)

0.94

(0.61, 1.43)

1.18

(0.78, 1.78)

1.59

(1.08, 2.34)

0.005
Model 3 + diabetes-related FAsd 1.00 (ref.)

0.96

(0.62, 1.49)

1.36

(0.88, 2.08)

1.90

(1.25, 2.90)

<0.001

Data are HRs (95% CI)

aModel 1 is stratified by age and adjusted for sex

bModel 2 is further adjusted for sports activity, biking, smoking status, education, alcohol consumption, total energy intake, coffee intake, sugar-sweetened beverage intake, dietary PUFA/SFA ratio and intake of protein and carbohydrates (energy-adjusted)

cModel 3 is further adjusted for BMI and waist circumference

dDiabetes-related FAs: 15:0, 17:0, 18:0, 16:1 n-7, 18:2 n-6, 18:3 n-6, and 20:3 n-6