HRs with 95% CIs per 1 mmol/L increase in casual glucose levels from Cox proportional hazards models* with glucose analyzed as a continuous variable with and without linear splines in 159 731 Norwegian men and women, followed up to 12.7 years (imputed data)
| Events/no. | HR (95% CI) for model with linear splines with three knots | HR (95% CI) for model without linear splines | |||
| <7.8 mmol/L (normal)† | 7.8–11.0 mmol/L (borderline)† | >11.0 mmol/L (high)† | All groups combined† | ||
| Acute myocardial infarction | 6569/159 731 | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.07) | 1.01 (0.92 to 1.12) | 1.06 (0.96 to 1.18) | 1.03 (1.01 to 1.06) |
| Stroke | 6117/159 731 | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.07) | 1.16 (1.06 to 1.28) | 0.98 (0.89 to 1.09) | 1.05 (1.03 to 1.07) |
| Cardiovascular mortality | 5678/159 731 | 1.06 (1.02 to 1.10) | 1.11 (1.01 to 1.22) | 1.04 (0.95 to 1.13) | 1.07 (1.04 to 1.09) |
| All-cause mortality | 17,096/159 731 | 1.05 (1.03 to 1.08) | 1.13 (1.07 to 1.19) | 1.00 (0.94 to 1.06) | 1.06 (1.05 to 1.08) |
*Adjusted for age, sex, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, BMI, time since last meal, smoking, education and marital status.
†HR per mmol/L increase in casual glucose levels with 95% CI.
BMI, body mass index.