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Table 4 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction or stroke) by 10 categories of fasting glucose level at baseline stratified by Charlson co-morbidity index (CCI)

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

Cardiovascular events

 

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)

P for interaction

CCI (≤ 2)

≤ 79

579

36

3231.06

11.14

1.17 (0.84–1.63)

1.09 (0.78–1.51)

0.04

80–94

4344

250

24,425.72

10.24

1.07 (0.93–1.23)

1.04 (0.91–1.19)

 

95–109

13,120

715

74,074.88

9.65

1.01 (0.92–1.11)

1.00 (0.91–1.10)

 

110–124

19,268

1050

109,502.23

9.59

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

125–139

21,556

1230

121,947.97

10.09

1.05 (0.97–1.14)

1.05 (0.97–1.14)

 

140–154

13,930

895

78,409.27

11.41

1.19 (1.09–1.30)

1.16 (1.06–1.27)

 

155–169

7284

529

40,701.97

13.00

1.36 (1.22–1.51)

1.29 (1.16–1.44)

 

170–184

4046

338

22,453.28

15.05

1.57 (1.39–1.78)

1.51 (1.34–1.71)

 

185–199

2349

204

12,856.68

15.87

1.66 (1.43–1.93)

1.54 (1.33–1.79)

 

≥ 200

3484

366

18,811.37

19.46

2.04 (1.81–2.29)

1.90 (1.69–2.14)

 

CCI (≥ 3)

≤ 79

1334

142

6965.54

20.39

1.44 (1.22–1.71)

1.32 (1.11–1.56)

 

80–94

8807

813

47,139.49

17.25

1.22 (1.13–1.33)

1.16 (1.07–1.26)

 

95–109

23,801

1830

130,391.96

14.03

1.00 (0.94–1.06)

0.99 (0.93–1.05)

 

110–124

31,760

2453

174,716.38

14.04

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 

125–139

28,913

2310

158,559.08

14.57

1.04 (0.98–1.10)

1.05 (0.99–1.11)

 

140–154

17,833

1497

97,088.2

15.42

1.10 (1.03–1.17)

1.09 (1.02–1.16)

 

155–169

10,097

963

54,524.43

17.66

1.26 (1.17–1.35)

1.21 (1.13–1.31)

 

170–184

6021

611

32,207.01

18.97

1.35 (1.24–1.48)

1.29 (1.18–1.41)

 

185–199

3659

409

19,277.25

21.22

1.51 (1.36–1.67)

1.42 (1.28–1.58)

 

≥ 200

5753

765

29,498.8

25.93

1.83 (1.69–1.99)

1.68 (1.55–1.82)

 
  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, and total cholesterol