Table 2 The association of weight-adjusted-waist index and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in participants with diabetes or prediabetes.

All-cause mortality

 WWI (continuous)

6551

1083

1.55

1.43, 1.69

< 0.001

1.25

1.14, 1.37

< 0.001

1.23

1.12, 1.36

< 0.001

WWI (quartile)

  Q1

1638

174

–

–

–

–

–

–

  Q2

1637

253

1.54

1.27, 1.86

< 0.001

1.18

0.97, 1.43

0.097

1.12

0.92, 1.37

0.258

  Q3

1638

300

1.81

1.50, 2.18

< 0.001

1.18

0.97, 1.43

0.092

1.15

0.94, 1.40

0.169

  Q4

1638

356

2.38

1.99, 2.85

< 0.001

1.50

1.24, 1.81

< 0.001

1.41

1.15, 1.74

0.001

  P for trend

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

Cardiovascular mortality

 WWI (continuous)

6551

360

1.56

1.36, 1.80

< 0.001

1.21

1.04, 1.42

0.017

1.19

1.01, 1.42

0.043

 WWI (quartile)

  Q1

1638

57

–

–

–

–

–

–

  Q2

1637

89

1.65

1.18, 2.30

0.003

1.23

0.88, 1.72

0.224

1.19

0.84, 1.68

0.320

  Q3

1638

100

1.84

1.33, 2.55

< 0.001

1.13

0.81, 1.57

0.467

1.11

0.79, 1.57

0.550

  Q4

1638

114

2.33

1.70, 3.20

< 0.001

1.37

0.98, 1.92

0.063

1.30

0.91, 1.87

0.154

  P for trend

< 0.001

0.131

0.206