Table 2.
Age and Sex-adjusted rates (events/10,000 person-years) of all-cause mortality and CVD hospitalization by quartile of HbA1c
| Glycated Hemoglobin categories | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 6 (N = 4304) |
6–6.5 (N = 3773) |
6.5–7 (N = 3339) |
7–7.5 (N = 2399) |
> = 7.5 (N = 5325) |
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| Glycated Hemoglobin | ||||||
| Median (range), mg/dL | 5.6 (4.6, 5.9) | 5.6 (6, 6.4) | 6.7 (6.5, 6.9) | 7.2 (7, 7.4) | 8.4 (7.5, 12.6) | |
| All-cause mortality | ||||||
| Cases (person-year) | 116 (15,346.42) | 80 (12,801.36) | 72 (11,233.22) | 60 (8174.11) | 171 (17,893.89) | |
| Rate | 72.1 | 59.6 | 60.7 | 68.8 | 104.8 | < 0.001 |
| CHD hospitalization | ||||||
| Cases (person-year) | 169 (14,979.12) | 154 (12,477.02) | 155 (10,951.90) | 123 (7936.55) | 311 (17,329.30) | |
| Rate | 110.8 | 122.6 | 139.0 | 150.8 | 185.3 | < 0.001 |
| Stroke hospitalization | ||||||
| Cases (person-year) | 161 (15,025.62) | 166 (12,480.03) | 126 (11,002.67) | 90 (8016.53) | 243 (17,442.46) | |
| Rate | 104.9 | 128.6 | 109.1 | 106.3 | 150.6 | 0.004 |