All-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality by fasting and 2-h postchallenge glucose group for 3,092 adults aged 30 to 74 years in NHANES II
| Fasting plasma glucose <7.0 mmol/l | Fasting plasma glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-h plasma glucose (mmol/l) | 2-h plasma glucose (mmol/l) | |||||
| <7.8 | 7.8 to 11.1 | ≥11.1 | <7.8 | 7.8 to 11.1 | ≥11.1 | |
| Participants | 2,321 | 503 | 131 | 9 | 23 | 105 |
| Person years | 31,877 | 6,533 | 1,604 | 125 | 241 | 1,230 |
| Deaths | 416 | 137 | 47 | 2 | 11 | 48 |
| CVD deaths | 181 | 59 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| All-cause | ||||||
| Mortality per 1,000 PY | 13.1 | 21.0 | 29.3 | 16.0 | 45.6 | 39.0 |
| RH (95% CI)* | 1.0 Reference | 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.6) | — | — | 2.1 (1.4, 3.2) |
| RH (95% CI)† | 1.0 Reference | 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) | 1.3 (0.7, 2.5) | — | — | 1.9 (1.1, 3.2) |
| CVD death | ||||||
| Mortality per 1,000 PY | 5.7 | 9.0 | 14.3 | 0 | 33.2 | 22.0 |
| RH (95% CI)* | 1.0 Reference | 1.1 (0.7, 1.5) | 1.4 (0.8, 2.5) | — | — | 2.3 (1.4, 3.6) |
| RH (95% CI)† | 1.0 Reference | 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) | 1.3 (0.6, 2.8) | — | — | 1.6 (0.8, 3.4) |
Data are n unless otherwise stated. — Too few events for stable estimate.
↵* RH and 95% CI adjusted for age (continuous) and sex;
↵† adjusted for age (continuous), sex, race (white, nonwhite), education (<high school, ≥high school), smoking (ever, never), physical activity (low, high), BMI (<25, 25≤ to <27, 27≤ to <30, ≥30 kg/m2), systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol–to–HDL cholesterol ratio (continuous). PY, person years.