Table 4.

Multivariable proportional hazards model for incidence of diabetes mellitus

	Hazard ratio (95% Confidence Interval)	P value
(A) Treatment with MP
Age, years	0.99 (0.96–1.02)	0.621
Ethnicity	1.55 (0.42–5.70)	0.512
Dose of oral prednisolone, g	2.26 (0.47–10.86)	0.310
Treatment with MP	6.33 (1.94–20.63)	0.002
(B) Dose of MP
Age, years	0.99 (0.96–1.02)	0.587
Ethnicity	1.37 (0.37–5.08)	0.640
Dose or oral prednisolone, g	1.85 (0.41–8.44)	0.640
Dose of MP, g	1.90 (1.25–2.90)	0.003

Dose of oral prednisolone was entered as a segmented time dependent variable as follows: dose at 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

Ethnicity was classified as Caucasian or non-Caucasian