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Table 1 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction or stroke) by 10 categories of fasting glucose level at baseline

From: The sweet spot: fasting glucose, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in older adults with diabetes: a nationwide population-based study

Event

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

Number of subjects

Number of event

Follow-up duration (person-years)

Incident rate (per 1000 person-years)

Crude hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)

Adjusted hazard ratioa (95% confidence interval)

All-cause mortality

≤ 79

1913

349

10,637.92

32.81

1.85 (1.66–2.06)

1.54 (1.38–1.72)

80–94

13,151

1857

74,421.57

24.95

1.40 (1.33–1.48)

1.25 (1.19–1.32)

95–109

36,921

4238

211,544.25

20.03

1.12 (1.08–1.17)

1.08 (1.04–1.13)

110–124

51,028

5260

293,999.64

17.89

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

125–139

50,469

5373

290,389.59

18.50

1.03 (0.99–1.07)

1.06 (1.02–1.11)

140–154

31,763

3671

182,174.08

20.15

1.13 (1.08–1.18)

1.16 (1.11–1.21)

155–169

17,381

2227

99,423.1

22.40

1.25 (1.19–1.32)

1.25 (1.19–1.31)

170–184

10,067

1416

57,331.8

24.70

1.38 (1.31–1.47)

1.35 (1.27–1.43)

185–199

6008

992

33,796.48

29.35

1.65 (1.54–1.77)

1.60 (1.49–1.71)

≥ 200

9237

1829

51,389.79

35.59

2.01 (1.90–2.12)

1.89 (1.79–1.99)

  1. aHazard ratios were calculated by Cox models after adjusting for age at baseline, sex, family income, residential area, smoking status, diabetes duration (≥ 5 years/< 5 year), alcohol intake, regular exercise, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, Charlson comorbidity index and total cholesterol