Table 2—

Hazard ratios for the different transitions

Transition	n	Person-years	Physical activity	Hazard ratio (95% CI)*	Hazard ratio (95% CI)†
Incident diabetes	329	70,115	Low	1.00	1.00
			Moderate	0.63 (0.48–0.82)	0.62 (0.47–0.80)
			High	0.63 (0.49–0.83)	0.60 (0.46–0.80)
No diagnosed diabetes to death	1,598	71,856	Low	1.00	1.00
			Moderate	0.81 (0.72–0.91)	0.86 (0.76–0.96)
			High	0.61 (0.54–0.69)	0.70 (0.61–0.79)
Diabetes to death	292	4,922	Low	1.00	1.00
			Moderate	0.72 (0.55–0.95)	0.81 (0.61–1.07)
			High	0.47 (0.35–0.64)	0.53 (0.39–0.72)

↵* Adjusted for age and sex.
↵† Adjusted for age; sex; education; marital status; smoking; baseline diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, left ventricular hypertrophy, arthritis, ankle edema, or pulmonary disease; and exam of start follow-up.