Associations between remnant cholesterol levels and mortality in patients with diabetes

Table 2 Association of remnant cholesterol and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes

	Hazard ratio (95%CI)
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Per SD	P value
All-cause mortality
Model 1	Reference	0.88 (0.68-1.15)	0.65 (0.50-0.84)	0.87 (0.68-1.10)	1.04 (0.97-1.11)	0.01
Model 2	Reference	0.80 (0.62-1.03)	0.67 (0.52-0.86)	0.93 (0.73-1.17)	1.13 (1.04-1.22)	< 0.01
Model 3	Reference	0.80 (0.62-1.02)	0.66 (0.52-0.85)	0.92 (0.72-1.17)	1.13 (1.04-1.22)	< 0.01
Model 4	Reference	0.81 (0.62-1.03)	0.66 (0.52-0.85)	0.92 (0.73-1.17)	1.12 (1.02-1.21)	< 0.01
Cardiovascular mortality
Model 1	Reference	1.13 (0.72-1.77)	0.60 (0.38-0.96)	0.92 (0.61-1.39)	1.07 (0.95-1.21)	< 0.01
Model 2	Reference	1.01 (0.65-1.55)	0.63 (0.40-0.99)	0.99 (0.66-1.50)	1.19 (1.04-1.37)	< 0.01
Model 3	Reference	1.02 (0.66-1.57)	0.64 (0.41-1.01)	0.98 (0.65-1.48)	1.18 (1.03-1.35)	< 0.01
Model 4	Reference	1.05 (0.68-1.63)	0.67 (0.42-1.07)	1.01 (0.67-1.52)	1.16 (1.01-1.32)	< 0.01

Model 1: No adjustment; Model 2: Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), poverty-income ratio, education, survey period; Model 3: Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, BMI, poverty-income ratio, education, smoking status, alcohol consumption, survey period; Model 4: Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, BMI, poverty-income ratio, education, smoking status, alcohol consumption, survey period, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, heart failure, coronary heart disease, and cancer.