Mediation Role of C-Reactive Protein on the Association between Smoking Quantity and Type 2 Diabetes in Current Chinese Smokers

Table 2

The association between number of cigarettes smoked per day and CRP in 984 Chinese current smokers (OR; 95% CI)^#.

Inflammatory marker	Number of cigarettes smoked per day
	≤10	11~20	>20
CRP	1	1.47* (1.16–1.87)	3.29* (2.13–5.08)

#The adjusted OR was calculated by ordinal logistic regression models with adjustment for age, gender, occupation, education, family monthly income, family history of diabetes, alcohol consumption, and exercise.
^∗𝑃<0.05.