Table 2.
Risk of diabetes mellitus by self-reported eating speed.
| Self-Reported Eating Speed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slow | Medium | Fast | p Value for Trend | |
| (N = 510) | (N = 2993) | (N = 1350) | ||
| N of events/person-years | 12/2468 | 134/15,234 | 88/7034 | |
| Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years) | 4.9 | 8.8 | 12.5 | |
| Crude hazard ratio | 1 | 1.82 | 2.61 | *** < 0.001 |
| (95% Confidence interval) | (Reference) | (1.01–3.29) | (1.43–4.77) | |
| Adjusted hazard ratio † | 1 | 1.69 | 2.08 | ** 0.014 |
| (95% Confidence interval) | (Reference) | (0.94–3.06) | (1.13–3.84) | |
† Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, alcohol drinking, exercise, obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia. ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001.