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Table 2 Event rates and relative risks for stroke, ischaemic stroke and haemorrhagic stroke, respectively, in 104 697 people with type 2 diabetes, stratified into four groups, depending on estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR)

From: Estimated glucose disposal rate and risk of stroke and mortality in type 2 diabetes: a nationwide cohort study

Variable

eGDR (mg/kg/min)

Events/person-years

Rate per 1000 person-years

(95% CI)

Crude hazard ratio

(95% CI)

Age- and sex-adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)

Multivariable adjusted* hazard ratio (95% CI)

All Stroke

 < 4

1106/114389

9.7 (9.1–10.3)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

4–6

1847/194940

9.5 (9.0–9.9)

0.97 (0.90–1.05)

0.78 (0.73–0.84)

0.77 (0.69–0.84)

 

6–8

771/100891

7.6 (7.1–8.2)

0.79 (0.72–0.86)

0.73 (0.67–0.81)

0.68 (0.58–0.80)

 

 > 8

477/93028

5.1 (4.7–5.6)

0.52 (0.47–0.58)

0.59 (0.53–0.65)

0.60 (0.48–0.76)

Ischaemic stroke

 < 4

912/114712

8.0 (7.4–8.5)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

4–6

1518/195541

7.8 (7.4–8.2)

0.97 (0.90–1.05)

0.78 (0.71–0.84)

0.75 (0.67–0.84)

 

6–8

657/101133

6.5 (6.0–7.0)

0.81 (0.73–0.90)

0.75 (0.68–0.83)

0.68 (0.57–0.81)

 

 > 8

389/93197

4.2 (3.8–4.6)

0.52 (0.46–0.58)

0.58 (0.51–0.65)

0.55 (0.43–0.71)

Haemorrhagic stroke

 < 4

182/116550

1.6 (1.3–1.8)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 

4–6

319/198339

1.6 (1.4–1.8)

1.02 (0.85–1.22)

0.85 (0.71–1.03)

0.87 (0.69–1.10)

 

6–8

114/102320

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.71 (0.56–0.89)

0.72 (0.57–0.91)

0.78 (0.53–1.15)

 

 > 8

93/93911

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

0.62 (0.48–0.80)

0.73 (0.57–0.93)

1.07 (0.61–1.88)

  1. *Multivariable adjusted (see text statistics) not adjusted for variables including in the eGDR formula, i.e. HbA1c, waist circumference and blood pressure