Daily step count and incident diabetes in community-dwelling 70-year-olds: a prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Hazard ratios for incident diabetes in the study cohort according to different cut-points for daily step count

Stepping cut-points	No. of participants	IR	Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Stepping cut-points	No. of participants	IR	Model 1^a	Model 2^b	Model 3^c
≥ 4000 steps/d	2707	9.0
vs			0.48 (0.27–0.83)	0.81 (0.45–1.45)	0.79 (0.41–1.53)
< 4000 steps/d	348	19.6
≥4500 steps/d	2557	8.2
vs			0.41 (0.25–0.66)	0.64 (0.38–1.06)	0.58 (0.32–1.05)
< 4500 steps/d	498	21.0
≥ 5000 steps/d	2399	8.3
vs			0.50 (0.31–0.80)	0.77 (0.47–1.27)	0.75 (0.43–1.32)
< 5000 steps/d	656	17.4
≥ 5500 steps/d	2240	8.2
vs			0.55 (0.35–0.88)	0.85 (0.52–1.38)	0.84 (0.48–1.45)
< 5500 steps/d	815	15.6
≥ 6000 steps/d	2040	8.3
vs			0.62 (0.39–0.96)	0.95 (0.59–1.54)	0.93 (0.54–1.60)
< 6000 steps/d	1014	14.1

Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, IR Incidence rate per 1000 person-years
^aadjusted for sex and accelerometer wear time
^badditionally adjusted for visceral adipose tissue
^cadditionally adjusted for sedentary time, level of education, elevated triglycerides, elevated blood pressure, antihypertensives, lipid-lowering agents, anticoagulants, myocardial infarction, stroke and angina pectoris

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