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Table 4 Relative factors and the incidence risk of diabetes among nurses

From: The incidence risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in female nurses: a nationwide matched cohort study

Variables

Unadj.

HR

P-value

Adj.

HR

95 % CI

p -value

Age

 

<25 (reference)

      
 

25–34

1.57

<0.001

1.56

1.30

1.87

<0.001

 

35–44

4.52

<0.001

4.19

3.50

5.01

<0.001

 

45–54

11.29

<0.001

9.59

7.97

11.55

<0.001

 

55–64

18.10

<0.001

13.85

10.67

17.99

<0.001

 

65

25.34

<0.001

16.85

11.47

24.75

<0.001

Monthly salary(NT$)

 

17280(reference)

      
 

17281 ~ 22800

1.00

0.991

1.23

0.98

1.55

0.077

 

22801 ~ 28800

0.83

0.090

1.03

0.82

1.28

0.830

 

28801 ~ 36300

0.76

0.015

1.11

0.89

1.38

0.350

 

36301 ~ 45800

0.81

0.035

1.06

0.87

1.29

0.588

 

45801 ~ 57800

0.92

0.449

0.98

0.79

1.23

0.884

 

57801

1.42

0.006

1.08

0.84

1.39

0.537

Urbanization of residence

 

Level 1(reference)

      
 

Level 2 & 3

0.98

0.672

0.97

0.87

1.08

0.572

 

Level 4 & 5

1.05

0.545

0.97

0.83

1.14

0.719

 

Level 6 & 7

1.11

0.407

0.91

0.72

1.16

0.441

Other catastrophic illnesses

 

No(reference)

      
 

Yes

2.18

<0.001

1.24

0.97

1.59

0.090

CCI

 

0 (reference)

      
 

1 ~ 3

12.75

<0.001

12.25

6.74

22.28

<0.001

 

4 ~ 6

21.44

<0.001

18.66

10.27

33.90

<0.001

 

7 ~ 9

34.13

<0.001

24.85

13.64

45.30

<0.001

 

10

48.23

<0.001

28.48

15.51

52.29

<0.001

  1. CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval
  2. It’s 30 New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) per US dollar
  3. Urbanization level of residence area (overall 7 levels; Level 1 was the most urbanized)
  4. p -value was considered significant at p < 0.05