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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2016 Apr 14;65(7):961–967. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2016.04.001

Table 8. Cox proportional hazard models of COMT rs4680 and rs4633 effects on type 2 diabetes by treatment arm in the DPP stratified by race.

Placebo (n = 909)
Metformin (n = 896)
Lifestyle (n = 909)
All ethnicities HR Conf. limits P val HR Conf. limits P val HR Conf. limits P val
 Rs4633 1.02 0.84 1.23 0.85 0.76 0.60 0.97 0.03 1.09 0.84 1.41 0.53
 Rs4680 0.99 0.82 1.18 0.88 0.81 0.65 1 0.05 1.04 0.82 1.33 0.73
Caucasians n = 499 n = 512 n = 492
 Rs4633 1.11 0.85 1.45 0.43 0.85 0.61 1.24 0.37 1.04 0.74 1.47 0.82
 Rs4680 1.22 0.95 1.56 0.12 0.87 0.65 1.16 0.35 0.97 0.71 1.32 0.84
African American n = 192 n = 184 n = 178
 Rs4633 1.08 0.70 1.64 0.74 0.55 0.33 0.94 0.03 1.11 0.63 1.96 0.71
 Rs4680 0.79 0.55 1.15 0.22 0.68 0.43 1.07 0.10 1.44 0.78 2.65 0.25
Hispanic n = 152 n = 145 n = 162
 Rs4633 1.05 0.65 1.69 0.84 0.84 0.48 1.49 0.56 0.99 0.52 1.85 0.97
 Rs4680 0.937 0.61 1.44 0.77 0.823 0.49 1.37 0.46 0.84 0.46 1.53 0.57
Asian/Pac Is n = 38 n = 33 n = 49
 Rs4633 0.50 0.22 1.16 0.11 1.23 0.38 0.4 0.73 2.37 0.09 50.0 0.61
 Rs4680 0.48 0.21 1.08 0.08 1.02 0.37 2.83 0.97 0.53 0.12 2.33 0.40
American Indians n = 28 n = 22 n = 28
 Rs4633 0.65 0.21 2.00 0.46 0.35 0.07 1.82 0.21 NA
 Rs4680 0.52 0.17 1.55 0.24 0.52 0.13 2.06 0.35 NA