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. 2020 Oct 24;19:186. doi: 10.1186/s12933-020-01161-x

Table 6.

The association between baseline serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and new-onset diabetes, with further adjustment for AST, ALT and GGT

ALP, IU/L N No. of events (%) Crude model Adjusted model*
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Continuous, per SD increment 14,393 1549 (10.8) 1.07 (1.02,1.13) 0.007 1.06 (1.00,1.13) 0.045
Quartiles
 Q1 (< 79) 3486 343 (9.8) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
 Q2 (79- < 96) 3623 381 (10.5) 1.08 (0.92,1.26) 0.346 1.08 (0.92,1.28) 0.327
 Q3 (96- < 116) 3577 390 (10.9) 1.12 (0.96,1.31) 0.143 1.13 (0.96,1.33) 0.148
 Q4 (≥ 116) 3707 435 (11.7) 1.22 (1.05,1.42) 0.010 1.23 (1.03,1.46) 0.020
P for trend 0.009 0.019

ALP serum alkaline phosphatase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, CI confidence interval, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, GGT gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviations, SBP systolic blood pressure

*Adjusted for age, sex, study center, treatment group, body mass index (BMI), smoking, alcohol drinking, family history of diabetes, SBP, fasting glucose (FG), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), eGFR, folate, total homocysteine and the use of antihypertensive drugs, AST, ALT, GGT at baseline, as well as time-averaged SBP during the treatment period

In comparison with the first quartile