Table 2 HRs and 95% CI for the incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases by serum ferritin levels
From: Serum ferritin and incident cardiometabolic diseases in Scottish adults
Type 2 diabetes | Coronary heart disease | Cerebrovascular disease | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted | Age- and sex/menopausal status- adjusted | Fully adjusted* | Unadjusted | Age- and sex/menopausal status- adjusted | Fully adjusted* | Unadjusted | Age- and sex/menopausal status- adjusted | Fully adjusted* | |
Z score of log-ferritin | 1.57 (1.39–1.78) P < 0.001 | 1.45 (1.28–1.64) P < 0.001 | 1.2 (1.07–1.39) P = 0.002 | 1.22 (1.08–1.38) P = 0.001 | 1.11 (1.00–1.25) P = 0.049 | 1.02 (0.90–1.15) P = 0.669 | 1.28 (1.09–1.51) P = 0.002 | 1.18 (1.01–1.37) P = 0.029 | 1.12 (0.95–1.33) P = 0.163 |
Ferritin | |||||||||
Quartile 1 | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
Quartile 2 | 1.01 (0.67–1.50) | 0.95 (0.64–1.41) | 0.99 (0.66–1.50) | 1.02 (0.71–1.46) | 0.95 (0.66–1.36) | 0.89 (0.61–1.29) | 1.10 (0.66–1.82) | 1.04 (0.62–1.73) | 1.05 (0.63–1.75) |
Quartile 3 | 1.34 (0.92–1.97) | 1.23 (0.84–1.80) | 1.10 (0.73–1.65) | 1.04 (0.74–1.47) | 0.93 (0.66–1.31) | 0.79 (0.56–1.13) | 1.23 (0.75–2.00) | 1.11 (0.68–1.81) | 1.05 (0.63–1.75) |
Quartile 4 | 2.73 (1.94–3.85) | 2.28 (1.61–3.21) | 1.59 (1.10–2.34) | 1.70 (1.23–2.36) | 1.35 (0.97–1.87) | 1.07 (0.76–1.51) | 1.86 (1.18–2.95) | 1.52 (0.96–2.40) | 1.36 (0.81–2.27) |
P for trend | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P = 0.006 | P = 0.002 | P = 0.070 | P = 0.700 | P = 0.007 | P = 0.065 | P = 0.253 |