Research Article

Association between Neck Circumference and the Occurrence of Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes: Beijing Community Diabetes Study 20 (BCDS-20)

Table 4

The hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals of neck circumference and cardiovascular events in the Cox regression analysis.

Hazard ratio95% confidence interval value

Model 1
 Men2.1261.231–3.6730.007
 Women2.0431.244–3.3560.005
Model 22.0511.420–2.962
Model 32.3051.535–3.460

Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted age, smoking, and gender. Model 3: adjusted age, smoking, gender, SBP, HbA1c, LDL, diabetic duration, education attainments, the use of antihypertension medication, antiglycemic medication, and statin.