Table 2 Development of diabetes by self-rated health category.

From: Self-rated health and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cohort study

Self-rated health category

Person-years

Incident case

Incidence density (per 1,000 person-years)

Age and sex-adjusted HR (95% CI)

Multivariate HRa (95% CI)

Very good

28,003.4

139

5.0

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

Good

290,116.1

1,501

5.2

1.15 (0.96–1.36)

1.20 (0.98–1.48)

Fair

555,687.4

3,929

7.1

1.76 (1.48–2.08)

1.63 (1.33–1.98)

Poor or very poor

69,204.6

668

9.7

2.70 (2.25–3.24)

1.83 (1.47–2.27)

P for trend

   

<0.001

<0.001

  1. aEstimated from parametric proportional hazard models. The multivariable model was adjusted for age, sex, center, year of screening exam, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, education level, total calorie intake, BMI, sleep duration, CESD, family history of diabetes, history of hypertension, and history of cardiovascular disease.
  2. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CESD, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression; CI, confidence intervals; HR, hazard ratios.
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