Table 4.

Hazard ratios for incident diabetes of iron overload in men and women, according to age and BMI category

	Women				Men
	Case	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P value	Case	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P value
IO by age, yra
<52	1,593	5.23	0.43–62.95	0.093	1,326	7.13	2.35–21.63	<0.001
≥52	1,538	4.47	2.13–9.36	<0.001	1,322	1.28	0.36–4.49	0.705
IO by BMI, kg/m2b
<24	1,884	4.77	1.27–17.92	0.021	1,604	1.02	0.13–7.85	0.985
24≤ and <28	933	4.55	0.90–23.11	0.068	815	1.70	0.51–5.70	0.393
≥28	314	4.09	1.38–12.15	0.011	229	4.46	1.26–15.75	0.020

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; IO, iron overload.

^aThe model was adjusted for high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (HS-CRP),

^bThe model was adjusted for age and HS-CRP.