Table 4.

Hazard ratio for outcomes using further stratification of HbA1c vlues. Adjusted for age, sex, race, ethnicity, insurance, comorbidities, blood pressure, heart rate, creatinine, hemoglobin, medications, and prior utilization

	Hospitalization		Heart failure hospitalization		Mortality
	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted
HbA1c Category
<6.5	1.12 (0.99–1.26)	1.03 (0.90–1.17)	0.95 (0.79–1.14)	0.92 (0.75–1.13)	1.32 (1.10–1.60)	1.16 (0.94–1.42)
6.5–6.9	1.06 (0.93–1.22)	1.05 (0.91–1.22)	0.97 (0.79–1.20)	1.03 (0.83–1.29)	1.09 (0.87–1.35)	1.11 (0.88–1.41)
7–7.9	1.04 (0.93–1.18)	1.03 (0.90–1.17)	1.07 (0.89–1.28)	1.12 (0.93–1.36)	1.03 (0.85–1.25)	1.08 (0.88–1.33)
8–8.9	1 [ref]	1 [ref]	1 [ref]	1 [ref]	1 [ref]	1 [ref]
9–9.9	1.14 (0.99–1.32)	1.10 (0.94–1.28)	1.23 (0.99–1.52)	1.22 (0.98–1.53)	1.14 (0.90–1.44)	1.15 (0.90–1.48)
10–11.9	1.15 (1.00–1.33)	1.17 (1.01–1.36)	1.27 (1.03–1.57)	1.39 (1.12–1.73)	1.07 (0.85–1.34)	1.16 (0.91–1.48)
≥12	1.16 (0.99–1.36)	1.11 (0.94–1.31)	1.47 (1.18–1.82)	1.38 (1.09–1.74)	1.22 (0.95–1.56)	1.33 (1.03–1.73)