Research Article

Longitudinal Average Glucose Levels and Variance and Risk of Stroke: A Chinese Cohort Study

Table 4

Risk of incident stroke associated with variance (N = 11,310).

Standard deviation for trend
Quartile 1 (<5.91)Quartile 1 (5.91 to 8.9)Quartile 1 (8.91 to 13.83)Quartile 1 (>13.83)

Total stroke
 Events, n (%)42 (1.68)48 (1.92)40 (1.60)75 (3.00)
 HR11.25 (0.85–1.84)1.72 (1.15–2.59)1.83 (1.07–3.11)0.001
Nonfatal stroke
 Events, n (%)16 (0.64)33 (1.32)26 (1.04)40 (1.6)
 HR11.47 (0.87–2.47)1.98 (1.14–3.43)1.71 (0.79–3.72)0.008
Fatal stroke
 Events, n (%)26 (1.04)15 (0.60)14 (0.56)35 (1.40)
 HR11.13 (0.66–1.95)1.34 (0.74–2.45)2.31 (1.19–4.48)0.0198
Participants without diabetes
 Total stroke
  Events, n (%)42 (1.7)47 (1.9)39 (1.63)46 (2.56)
  HR11.33 (0.89–2.00)1.11 (0.52–2.36)3.49 (1.43–8.55)0.0246
 Nonfatal stroke
  Events, n (%)26 (1.05)32 (1.3)25 (1.04)23 (1.28)
  HR11.56 (0.90–2.70)1.25 (0.46–3.41)1.42 (0.2–10.23)0.2053
 Fatal stroke
  Events, n (%)16 (0.65)15 (0.60)14 (0.58)23 (1.28)
  HR11.24 (0.70–2.17)0.90 (0.28–2.85)6.38 (2.55–15.95)0.016

Adjusted for age, sex, education, smoke, drink, sport, BMI, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol.