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Table 4.

Adjusted mean of HbA1c levels (%) according to the quintile of serum ferritin levels

Model 1 P-value Model 2 P-value
Quintile 1 5.84 (5.80∼5.89) 0.019 5.87 (5.83∼5.91) 0.013
Quintile 2 5.78 (5.74∼5.82) 0.900 5.80 (5.75∼5.84) 0.982
Quintile 3 5.78 (5.73∼5.82) 5.80 (5.75∼5.84)
Quintile 4 5.84 (5.79∼5.88) 0.046 5.83 (5.79∼5.88) 0.199
Quintile 5 5.94 (5.89∼5.98) <0.001 5.88 (5.84∼5.92) 0.008

Model 1 was adjusted for age and sex. Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, waist circumference, smoking, alcohol intake, regular exercise, anti-hypertensive medication, dyslipidemia medication, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, log-transformed triglyceride, HDL cholesterol and log-transformed hs-CRP.

Abbreviations: HDL, high-density lipoproteincholesterol; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein.

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