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. 2019 Apr 25;11(11):857–868. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12922

Table 4.

Association of the genetic risk score (GRS) and weighted GRS with diabetes risk in a Chinese population

Characteristic Continuous score Score quartiles P trend
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
GRS
Diabetes
Unadjusted 1.07 (0.99, 1.17) 1.00 1.25 (0.72, 2.17) 1.10 (0.67, 1.82) 1.42 (0.88, 2.30) 0.193
Adjusteda 1.09 (1.00, 1.19) 1.00 1.32 (0.75, 2.34) 1.16 (0.69, 1.97) 1.64 (0.99, 2.71) 0.074
Male sex
Unadjusted 1.10 (0.97, 1.24) 1.00 1.64 (0.77, 3.50) 1.15 (0.55, 2.41) 1.39 (0.67, 2.90) 0.478
Adjusteda 1.14 (1.00, 1.31) 1.00 2.03 (0.89, 4.63) 1.45 (0.65, 3.24) 1.86 (0.84, 4.10) 0.163
Female sex
Unadjusted 1.06 (0.95, 1.19) 1.00 0.76 (0.36, 1.62) 1.33 (0.65, 2.71) 1.45 (0.76, 2.77) 0.161
Adjusteda 1.06 (0.94, 1.19) 1.00 0.73 (0.34, 1.58) 1.20 (0.57, 2.52) 1.47 (0.76, 2.84) 0.165
IFG
Unadjusted 1.02 (0.94, 1.11) 1.00 0.97 (0.55, 1.69) 0.94 (0.58, 1.54) 1.11 (0.68, 1.80) 0.729
Adjusteda 1.02 (0.94, 1.12) 1.00 0.95 (0.53, 1.69) 0.87 (0.52, 1.44) 1.14 (0.69, 1.87) 0.709
Male sex
Unadjusted 0.95 (0.82, 1.09) 1.00 0.87 (0.35, 2.12) 0.70 (0.31, 1.62) 0.81 (0.35, 1.87) 0.510
Adjusteda 0.94 (0.81, 1.09) 1.00 0.77 (0.29, 2.00) 0.65 (0.28, 1.53) 0.80 (0.34, 1.89) 0.484
Female sex
Unadjusted 1.06 (0.95, 1.17) 1.00 1.03 (0.55, 1.94) 1.16 (0.59, 2.27) 1.30 (0.71, 2.37) 0.361
Adjusteda 1.05 (0.95, 1.17) 1.00 0.92 (0.47, 1.78) 1.04 (0.52, 2.10) 1.30 (0.69, 2.42) 0.374
IGT
Unadjusted 1.04 (0.95, 1.13) 1.00 0.83 (0.45, 1.50) 1.04 (0.63, 1.70) 1.04 (0.63, 1.72) 0.809
Adjusteda 1.04 (0.96, 1.14) 1.00 0.83 (0.45, 1.52) 1.05 (0.64, 1.73) 1.09 (0.65, 1.81) 0.676
Male sex
Unadjusted 0.97 (0.84, 1.13) 1.00 0.53 (0.19, 1.51) 0.70 (0.31, 1.62) 0.72 (0.31, 1.71) 0.421
Adjusteda 0.98 (0.84, 1.14) 1.00 0.49 (0.17, 1.42) 0.67 (0.29, 1.59) 0.74 (0.31, 1.80) 0.448
Female sex
Unadjusted 1.07 (0.96, 1.19) 1.00 0.96 (0.49, 1.89) 1.55 (0.80, 2.99) 1.26 (0.67, 2.38) 0.345
Adjusteda 1.08 (0.97, 1.21) 1.00 0.99 (0.50, 1.96) 1.56 (0.79, 3.05) 1.38 (0.72, 2.63) 0.232
Weighted GRS
Diabetes
Unadjusted 1.09 (1.01, 1.19) 1.00 0.92 (0.53, 1.60) 1.15 (0.68, 1.94) 1.58 (0.97, 2.59) 0.038
Adjusteda 1.12 (1.03, 1.22) 1.00 0.96 (0.54, 1.70) 1.29 (0.75, 2.22) 1.88 (1.12, 3.13) 0.007
Male sex
Unadjusted 1.13 (1.00, 1.28) 1.00 0.84 (0.37, 1.92) 1.33 (0.63, 2.81) 1.68 (0.82, 3.46) 0.083
Adjusteda 1.18 (1.03, 1.35) 1.00 0.81 (0.33, 1.94) 1.60 (0.71, 3.59) 2.18 (1.01, 4.71) 0.017
Female sex
Unadjusted 1.08 (0.96, 1.21) 1.00 0.68 (0.31, 1.48) 1.13 (0.57, 2.26) 1.40 (0.72, 2.72) 0.173
Adjusteda 1.09 (0.97, 1.22) 1.00 0.70 (0.31, 1.58) 1.19 (0.59, 2.41) 1.54 (0.78, 3.06) 0.114
IFG
Unadjusted 1.04 (0.96, 1.14) 1.00 0.73 (0.42, 1.26) 1.01 (0.60, 1.68) 1.32 (0.81, 2.16) 0.150
Adjusteda 1.05 (0.96, 1.14) 1.00 0.81 (0.46, 1.43) 1.07 (0.63, 1.82) 1.35 (0.81, 2.26) 0.161
Male sex
Unadjusted 1.00 (0.85, 1.16) 1.00 0.56 (0.22, 1.46) 0.93 (0.40, 2.15) 1.05 (0.46, 2.39) 0.720
Adjusteda 1.01 (0.86, 1.19) 1.00 0.56 (0.21, 1.50) 1.07 (0.44, 2.61) 1.15 (0.48, 2.76) 0.516
Female sex
Unadjusted 1.06 (0.96, 1.17) 1.00 0.82 (0.41, 1.62) 1.12 (0.59, 2.13) 1.43 (0.78, 2.65) 0.162
Adjusteda 1.05 (0.94, 1.17) 1.00 0.90 (0.45, 1.82) 1.09 (0.56, 2.13) 1.36 (0.71, 2.60) 0.292
IGT
Unadjusted 1.03 (0.94, 1.13) 1.00 0.96 (0.56, 1.65) 1.24 (0.74, 2.07) 0.95 (0.55, 1.65) 0.920
Adjusteda 1.04 (0.95, 1.13) 1.00 1.00 (0.58, 1.73) 1.26 (0.75, 2.13) 1.00 (0.57, 1.74) 0.815
Male sex
Unadjusted 1.00 (0.85, 1.18) 1.00 0.89 (0.35, 2.23) 1.02 (0.41, 2.50) 0.94 (0.37, 2.36) 0.950
Adjusteda 1.02 (0.86, 1.21) 1.00 0.77 (0.30, 2.00) 1.17 (0.46, 2.97) 0.98 (0.38, 2.54) 0.864
Female sex
Unadjusted 1.04 (0.93, 1.15) 1.00 0.98 (0.51, 1.89) 1.12 (0.59, 2.13) 0.96 (0.50, 1.87) 0.995
Adjusteda 1.05 (0.95, 1.18) 1.00 1.07 (0.55, 2.09) 1.14 (0.59, 2.19) 1.10 (0.56, 2.17) 0.744

Note: Data are presented as odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for the risk of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose (IFG), and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

a

Adjusted for age, sex, education, economic status, smoking, drinking, meat and poultry intake, cereal and bean intake, exercise, sedentary time, and body mass index.