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. 2019 Jun 10;62(9):1581–1590. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-4921-2

Table 2.

Associations between different metabolic indices and incident type 2 diabetes (N = 9564)

Index Incident type 2 diabetes HR (95% CI)
Women (511 cases) Men (388 cases)
BMI
  Model 1 *1.51 (1.39, 1.63) *1.64 (1.45, 1.86)
  Model 2 NA NA
  Model 3 *1.49 (1.38, 1.62) *1.61 (1.42, 1.82)
  Model 4 *1.37 (1.26, 1.49) *1.45 (1.28, 1.65)
  Model 5 *1.27 (1.17, 1.38) *1.25 (1.09, 1.43)
WC
  Model 1 *1.62 (1.49, 1.77) *1.44 (1.31, 1.58)
  Model 2 *1.39 (1.19, 1.61) 1.15 (0.94, 1.39)
  Model 3 *1.37 (1.18, 1.59) 1.13 (0.92, 1.38)
  Model 4 *1.24 (1.07, 1.45) 1.04 (0.83, 1.31)
  Model 5 1.04 (0.89, 1.22) 1.04 (0.82, 1.30)
1/HDLa
  Model 1 *1.58 (1.44, 1.74) *1.53 (1.36, 1.73)
  Model 2 *1.46 (1.33, 1.61) *1.42 (1.25, 1.61)
  Model 3 *1.46 (1.32, 1.61) *1.40 (1.24, 1.59)
  Model 4 *1.29 (1.14, 1.46) *1.32 (1.14, 1.52)
  Model 5 *1.29 (1.14, 1.47) *1.41 (1.22, 1.63)
TGa
  Model 1 *1.58 (1.44, 1.74) *1.44 (1.30, 1.58)
  Model 2 *1.45 (1.31, 1.60) *1.30 (1.18, 1.45)
  Model 3 *1.41 (1.28, 1.56) *1.28 (1.15, 1.42)
  Model 4 *1.24 (1.10, 1.39) 1.12 (0.99, 1.27)
  Model 5 1.07 (0.95, 1.21) 0.94 (0.83, 1.06)
VAIa
  Model 1 *1.65 (1.51, 1.81) *1.52 (1.36, 1.69)
  Model 2 NA NA
  Model 3 *1.49 (1.35, 1.65) *1.37 (1.22, 1.53)
  Model 4 *1.49 (1.36, 1.65) *1.37 (1.22, 1.53)
  Model 5 *1.29 (1.17, 1.43) *1.23 (1.09, 1.38)
LAPa
  Model 1 *1.83 (1.65, 2.03) *1.66 (1.47, 1.87)
  Model 2 *1.60 (1.41, 1.82) *1.47 (1.27, 1.70)
  Model 3 *1.55 (1.36, 1.76) *1.43 (1.24, 1.66)
  Model 4 *1.35 (1.16, 1.56) *1.19 (1.01, 1.42)
  Model 5 1.08 (0.93, 1.26) 0.96 (0.81, 1.15)
TyG
  Model 1 *2.06 (1.86, 2.29) *1.74 (1.56, 1.94)
  Model 2 *1.88 (1.69, 2.09) *1.58 (1.41, 1.77)
  Model 3 *1.82 (1.64, 2.04) *1.55 (1.38, 1.75)
  Model 4b *1.73 (1.52, 1.98) *1.43 (1.26, 1.62)
  Model 5 NA NA

HRs are presented per 1 SD increase in the marker

Model 1, adjusted for age and cohort; model 2, additionally adjusted for BMI; model 3, additionally adjusted for systolic BP, treatment for hypertension, smoking and prevalent CVD; model 4, additionally adjusted for HDL-cholesterol, TG and serum lipid-reducing agents; model 5, additionally adjusted for FPG

aMarker is loge transformed

bp value from the interaction test for the difference in HR between women and men <0.05

*p<0.05, by Cox proportional hazards model

NA, not applicable