pISSN 1738-3544eISSN 2288-1662
pISSN 1738-3544eISSN 2288-1662
pISSN 1738-3544Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval of diabetes according to categories of ferritin levels for prospective studies that provided results for quartiles or quintiles of ferritin levels
| Lead author, year | Study | Quintile 1 | Quintile 2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajpathak, 2009 [16] | DPP | 1.00 | 0.65 (0.37∼1.14) | 1.05 (0.60∼1.84) | 1.65 (0.90∼3.02) | 0.020 | |
| Jiang, 2004 [17] | NHS | 1.00 | 1.19 (0.81∼1.75) | 1.53 (1.06∼2.23) | 1.38 (0.94∼2.03) | 3.20 (2.22∼4.62) | <0.001 |
| Le, 2009 [11] | ACLS | 1.00 | 1.26 (0.80∼1.99) | 1.39 (0.88∼2.18) | 1.67 (1.05∼2.66) | 0.027 | |
| Forouhi, 2007 [18] | EPIC-Norfolk | 1.0 | 0.8 (0.5∼1.2) | 0.8 (0.6∼1.3) | 1.3 (0.9∼1.9) | 7.5 (3.7∼15.0) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: DPP, Diabetes Prevention Program; NHS, Nurses’ Health Study; ACLS, Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study; EPIC-Norfolk, European Prospective Investigation of Cancer Norfolk.
