Table 3. Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of type 2 diabetes associated with tertile levels of plasma lipid measures in men and women separately.^*.

	T1	T2	T3	P for trend†	Per 1 SD increment
HDL-C
Men
Cases/controls	116/79	84/79	36/79
OR (95% CI)	1.00	0.89 (0.54-1.47)	0.56 (0.29-1.05)	0.09	0.71 (0.53-0.94)
Women
Cases/controls	188/112	101/112	46/111
OR (95% CI)	1.00	0.73 (0.44-1.19)	0.48 (0.26-0.88)	0.02	0.69 (0.53-0.90)
LDL-C
Men
Cases/controls	78/77	71/77	66/76
OR (95% CI)	1.00	1.19 (0.65-2.15)	0.89 (0.46-2.15)	0.82	1.06 (0.83-1.36)
Women
Cases/controls	111/112	107/111	103/109
OR (95% CI)	1.00	0.92 (0.53-1.61)	0.81 (0.49-1.34)	0.44	1.03 (0.84-1.27)
TG‡
Men
Cases/controls	46/79	69/79	121/78
OR (95% CI)	1.00	1.09 (0.60-1.98)	2.25 (1.16-4.36)	0.007	1.61 (1.16-2.24)
Women
Cases/controls	42/115	86/111	207/109
OR (95% CI)	1.00	1.82 (0.98-3.39)	5.03 (2.58-9.81)	<0.001	1.85 (1.40-2.44)
TG/HDL-C ratio§
Men
Cases/controls	46/79	69/79	121/78
OR (95% CI)	1.00	1.01 (0.53-1.90)	1.98 (1.04-3.79)	0.01	1.61 (1.12-2.34)
Women
Cases/controls	35/112	80/112	220/111
OR (95% CI)	1.00	1.68 (0.87-3.26)	4.98 (2.48-10.0)	<0.001	1.80 (1.34-2.39)

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; TG/HDL-C ratio, the ratio of triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^*Multivariate model adjusted for age at blood taken (continuous), smoking (never, past, current smoker), alcohol intake (never, weekly or daily), physical activity (<0.5, 0.5-3.9, and ≥4 hours/week), education level (no, primary school, secondary or above), history of hypertension (yes, no), fasting status (yes, no), BMI (continuous), plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein (mmol/L) and adiponectin (μg/mL) (both in tertiles).

^†Linear trend was tested using the median level of each tertile of blood lipid profile.

^‡P for interaction between TG and sex is 0.028.

^§P for interaction between TG/HDL and sex is 0.017.