Research Article

Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Table 4

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of diabetes for risk factors after the Great East Japan Earthquake: the Fukushima Health Management Survey 2008–2012.

ModelHR (95% CI)P value

Evacuation1.399 (1.203–1.628)<0.0001
Age (years)1.023 (1.014–1.032)<0.0001
Sex (0, women; 1, men)1.566 (1.328–1.847)<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)1.177 (1.151–1.203)<0.0001
Excessive drinking (0, no; 1, yes)0.973 (0.692–1.368)0.88
Currently smoking (0, no; 1, yes)1.178 (0.944–1.470)0.15
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)1.008 (1.004–1.013)<0.001
LDL-C (mg/dL)1.000 (0.998–1.003)0.79
HDL-C (mg/dL)0.991 (0.986–0.997)0.004
ALT (IU/L)1.006 (1.002–1.010)0.001
-GT (IU/L)1.002 (1.001–1.003)0.002

Data are presented as hazards ratio (95% confidence interval).
HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; -GT, -glutamyl transpeptidase.