Table 2. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the incidence of pancreatic cancer according to the quartile groups of fasting blood glucose levels.
| Person-years | Incidence cases | Incidence density (per 10,000 person-years) | HR (95% CI) * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Multivariate adjusted model | ||||
| Fasting blood glucose levels | |||||
| Quartile 1 | 20,541.9 | 63 | 30.7 | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Quartile 2 | 21,528.3 | 92 | 42.7 | 1.39 (1.01–1.92) | 1.47 (1.05–2.04) |
| Quartile 3 | 20,417.2 | 94 | 46.0 | 1.50 (1.09–2.07) | 1.61 (1.16–2.23) |
| Quartile 4 | 19,789.4 | 132 | 66.7 | 2.18 (1.62–2.95) | 2.31 (1.68–3.17) |
| P for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Age | 0.998 (0.987–1.010) | ||||
| Gender (female vs male) | 0.969 (0.752–1.249) | ||||
| BMI | 0.982 (0.948–1.018) | ||||
| Systolic BP | 0.999 (0.992–1.006) | ||||
| Total cholesterol | 0.999 (0.997–1.002) | ||||
| GGT | 1.000 (0.999–1.001) | ||||
| eGFR | 1.000 (0.995–1.006) | ||||
| Smoking amount (pack-year) | 1.000 (0.993–1.006) | ||||
| Alcohol intake | 0.964 (0.722–1.286) | ||||
| Physical activity | 0.946 (0.694–1.290) | ||||
Multivariate adjusted model was adjusted for age, gender, BMI, systolic BP, total cholesterol, GGT, eGFR, smoking amount (pack-year), alcohol intake and physical activity.