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. 2019 Aug 30;42(11):2075–2082. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0723

Table 2.

Relation of inflammatory biomarkers to insulin resistance and incident diabetes

Biomarker Model QUICKI HOMA2IR Incident diabetes
N β (95% CI) P value N β (95% CI) P value Events/N HR (95% CI) P value
Log2sCD14 Model 1 4,964 −0.0027 (−0.0051, −0.0004) 0.024 4,917 0.0899 (0.0001, 0.1797) 0.050 427/4,448 0.92 (0.67, 1.29) 0.641
Model 2 4,894 −0.0023 (−0.0045, −0.0001) 0.031 4,847 0.0909 (0.0089, 0.1728) 0.029 421/4,383 0.99 (0.70, 1.42) 0.993
Log2IL-6 Model 1 4,896 −0.0066 (−0.0074, −0.0058) <0.001 4,853 0.2516 (0.2220, 0.2812) <0.001 431/4,401 1.33 (1.19, 1.47) <0.001
Model 2 4,828 −0.0031 (−0.0039, −0.0023) <0.001 4,785 0.1236 (0.0956, 0.1516) <0.001 425/4,338 1.15 (1.03, 1.29) 0.018
Log2CRP Model 1 5,265 −0.0038 (−0.0042, −0.0034) <0.001 5,217 0.1407 (0.1236, 0.1577) <0.001 464/4,724 1.20 (1.12, 1.27) <0.001
Model 2 5,191 −0.0016 (−0.0020, −0.0012) <0.001 5,143 0.0616 (0.0455, 0.0776) <0.001 458/4,655 1.09 (1.02, 1.16) 0.017
Log2WBC Model 1 5,279 −0.0133 (−0.0149, −0.0117) <0.001 5,232 0.4578 (0.3929, 0.5226) <0.001 464/4,737 1.67 (1.33, 2.11) <0.001
Model 2 5,205 −0.0098 (−0.0114, −0.0082) <0.001 5,205 0.3242 (0.2652, 0.3832) <0.001 458/4,668 1.50 (1.17, 1.92) 0.002

Model 1 adjusts for age, sex, and race; model 2 adjusts for model 1 adjustments and BMI, systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive medication, smoking status, heavy alcohol use, physical activity, estrogen use, prevalent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, prevalent HF, and eGFR. HR, hazard ratio.