Research Article

Beta-Cell Age Calculator, a Translational Yardstick to Communicate Diabetes Risk with Patients: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

Table 2

Multivariate model for predicting 6-year risk of incident diabetes.

PredictorsHazard ratioP value

Age (years)1.01 (1.00–1.02)0.031
Family history of diabetes1.05 (1.03–1.06)0.000
Waist-to-height ratio (%)1.68 (1.36–2.08)0.000
Triglyceride-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio1.07 (1.04–1.10)0.000
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol·L−1)5.39 (4.53–6.42)0.000
Akaike information criteria2798
Bayesian information criteria2845
Hosmer-Lemeshow ( value)9.7 (0.462)
Harrell’s statistic (95% CIs)0.830 (0.808–0.852)