Univariate predictors for all-cause mortality
| HR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age | 1.090 | (1.089 to 1.091) | <0.0001 |
| Male | 1.12 | (1.11 to 1.14) | <0.0001 |
| Complete blood count | |||
| Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio | 1.033 | (1.032 to 1.034) | <0.0001 |
| Baseline anemia | 3.50 | (3.45 to 3.55) | <0.0001 |
| Lipid profile | |||
| HDL-C | 0.836 | (0.815 to 0.857) | <0.0001 |
| LDL-C | 0.883 | (0.874 to 0.892) | <0.0001 |
| Total cholesterol | 0.910 | (0.903 to 0.916) | <0.0001 |
| Triglyceride | 0.963 | (0.957 to 0.970) | <0.0001 |
| Comorbidity | |||
| Renal diabetic complication | 3.68 | (3.54 to 3.83) | <0.0001 |
| Ophthalmological diabetic complication | 2.73 | (2.62 to 2.84) | <0.0001 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 4.39 | (3.91 to 4.93) | <0.0001 |
| Ischemic stroke | 2.85 | (2.78 to 2.93) | <0.0001 |
| Sudden cardiac death | 2.48 | (2.40 to 2.56) | <0.0001 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 3.54 | (3.45 to 3.64) | <0.0001 |
| Heart failure | 4.74 | (4.64 to 4.85) | <0.0001 |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 2.70 | (2.59 to 2.82) | <0.0001 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 2.24 | (2.20 to 2.28) | <0.0001 |
| Osteoporosis | 2.87 | (2.34 to 3.52) | <0.0001 |
| Dementia | 5.92 | (5.69 to 6.16) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 2.55 | (2.52 to 2.59) | <0.0001 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 4.55 | (4.22 to 4.91) | <0.0001 |
| Cancer | 2.48 | (2.42 to 2.54) | <0.0001 |
| FBG | |||
| Mean | 1.00 | (0.997 to 1.01) | 0.527 |
| Absolute successive variability score | 1.008 | (1.007 to 1.008) | <0.0001 |
| Percentage successive variability score | 1.01 | (1.009 to 1.01) | <0.0001 |
| SD | 1.15 | (1.15 to 1.16) | <0.0001 |
| Normalized absolute successive variability score | 1.065 | (1.06 to 1.07) | <0.0001 |
| Normalized percentage successive variability score | 1.07 | (1.067 to 1.074) | <0.0001 |
| SD/initial FBG | 1.01 | (1.009 to 1.01) | <0.0001 |
| Coefficient of variation | 1.019 | (1.018 to 1.019) | <0.0001 |
| Variability independent of mean | 1.011 | (1.01 to 1.011) | <0.0001 |
| HbA1c | |||
| Mean | 1.07 | (1.06 to 1.07) | <0.0001 |
| Absolute successive variability score | 1.01 | (1.007 to 1.01) | <0.0001 |
| Percentage successive variability score | 1.008 | (1.08 to 1.009) | <0.0001 |
| SD | 1.19 | (1.18 to 1.20) | <0.0001 |
| Normalized absolute successive variability score | 1.055 | (1.05 to 1.06) | <0.0001 |
| Normalized percentage successive variability score | 1.063 | (1.06 to 1.07) | <0.0001 |
| SD/initial HbA1c | 1.014 | (1.01 to 1.014) | <0.0001 |
| Coefficient of variation | 1.017 | (1.016 to 1.018) | <0.0001 |
| Variability independent of mean | 1.011 | (1.01 to 1.012) | <0.0001 |
FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.