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. 2022 Jan 4;21:2. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01432-1

Table 5.

Risk of VTE in patients with different T2DM durations

Number of cases (%) Number of controls (%) Unadjusted ORs
(95% CI)
Adjusted ORs*
(95% CI)
Last HbA1c: 0–5 y since T2DM diagnosis
 ≤ 6.5% (≤ 48 mmol/mol) 446 (33.7) 2042 (38.6) 1.02 (0.86–1.20) 1.06 (0.89–1.25)
 > 6.5–7.0% (> 48–53 mmol/mol) 210 (15.9) 990 (18.7) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 > 7.0–7.5% (> 53–58 mmol/mol) 172 (13.0) 651 (12.3) 1.24 (1.01–1.51) 1.20 (0.97–1.49)
 > 7.5–8.0% (> 58–64 mmol/mol) 86 (6.5) 326 (6.2) 1.30 (1.01–1.68) 1.29 (1.00–1.67)
 > 8.0–9.0% (> 64–75 mmol/mol) 104 (7.9) 336 (6.4) 1.51 (1.20–1.91) 1.44 (1.13–1.83)
 > 9.0% (> 75 mmol/mol)) 114 (8.6) 348 (6.6) 1.61 (1.27–2.03) 1.39 (1.07–1.79)
 No Recording 191 (14.4) 596 (11.3) 1.75 (1.40–2.19) 1.78 (1.41–2.24)
Last HbA1c: 5–10 y since T2DM diagnosis
 ≤ 6.5% (≤ 48 mmol/mol) 260 (32.1) 1168 (35.8) 0.84 (0.69–1.02) 0.83 (0.68–1.01)
 > 6.5–7.0% (> 48–53 mmol/mol) 161 (19.9) 618 (19.0) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 > 7.0–7.5% (> 53–58 mmol/mol) 138 (17.1) 525 (16.1) 1.00 (0.80–1.27) 0.97 (0.76–1.23)
 > 7.5–8.0% (> 58–64 mmol/mol) 58 (7.2) 284 (8.7) 0.78 (0.58–1.05) 0.73 (0.53–1.01)
 > 8.0–9.0% (> 64–75 mmol/mol) 80 (9.9) 270 (8.3) 1.19 (0.90–1.57) 1.11 (0.83–1.48)
 > 9.0% (> 75 mmol/mol)) 85 (10.5) 306 (9.4) 1.07 (0.81–1.40) 0.87 (0.65–1.16)
 No Recording 27 (3.3) 88 (2.7) 1.24 (0.81–1.91) 1.46 (0.93–2.31)
Last HbA1c: > 10 y since T2DM diagnosis
 ≤ 6.5% (≤ 48 mmol/mol) 137 (26.3) 599 (29.0) 1.16 (0.87–1.55) 1.10 (0.81–1.48)
 > 6.5–7.0% (> 48–53 mmol/mol) 70 (13.4) 355 (17.2) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 > 7.0–7.5% (> 53–58 mmol/mol) 87 (16.7) 346 (16.8) 1.29 (0.95–1.76) 1.20 (0.87–1.64)
 > 7.5–8.0% (> 58–64 mmol/mol) 64 (12.3) 229 (11.1) 1.42 (1.00–2.02) 1.36 (0.94–1.96)
 > 8.0–9.0% (> 64–75 mmol/mol) 69 (13.2) 228 (11.1) 1.53 (1.10–2.14) 1.40 (0.98–1.99)
 > 9.0% (> 75 mmol/mol)) 90 (17.3) 275 (13.3) 1.74 (1.26–2.40) 1.33 (0.92–1.91)
No Recording 4 (0.8) 32 (1.6) 0.56 (0.23–1.37) 0.58 (0.22–1.52)

*Adjusted for BMI (categorical), smoking (categorical), CHF, IHD, MI, stroke, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and use of insulin, bisphosphonate, systemic corticosteroids, low-dose acetylsalicylic acid, current and past use of metformin, and current and past use of sulfonylureas