American Diabetes Association

Table 3—

Association of participant characteristics^* to mortality^†

Characteristic	Increment	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P
Age	10 years	1.65	1.31–2.08	<0.001
Sex	Male	2.65	1.38–5.10	0.004
Renal disease	Urine protein	2.64	1.40–4.98	<0.001
	Dialysis/transplant	4.95	2.36–10.39
Cardiovascular disease history	Present	2.14	1.15–3.96	0.02
Respiratory symptoms	Severe	1.93	1.07–3.49	0.03
Peak expiratory flow rate	100/min	0.61	0.46–0.82	0.001

Characteristic	Increment	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P
Age	10 years	1.65	1.31–2.08	<0.001
Sex	Male	2.65	1.38–5.10	0.004
Renal disease	Urine protein	2.64	1.40–4.98	<0.001
	Dialysis/transplant	4.95	2.36–10.39
Cardiovascular disease history	Present	2.14	1.15–3.96	0.02
Respiratory symptoms	Severe	1.93	1.07–3.49	0.03
Peak expiratory flow rate	100/min	0.61	0.46–0.82	0.001

Duration of diabetes, cigarette smoking status, and hypertension did not contribute significantly to the model;

†

based on proportional hazards regression analyses.