Table 3

Regression coefficients describing the effects of glycated haemoglobin during middle age and old age

	Null model		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
	β	P value	β	P value	β	P value	β	P value			β	P value
Intercept	5.4074	<0.001	5.2455	<0.001	5.2663	<0.001	5.3103	<0.001	5.2685	<0.001	5.3425	<0.001
Time			0.2026	<0.001	0.193	<0.001	0.2003	<0.001	0.2127	<0.001	0.2099	<0.001
Short duration between dinner and bedtime vs >2 hours					−0.02094	0.4463
Short duration × time					0.007436	0.6507
Higher TG in 2012 vs normal							−0.08106	<0.001
TG × time							0.00292	0.8061
Higher BP in 2012 year vs normal									−0.03278	0.0633
BP × time									−0.01396	0.1859
Higher BMI in 2012 vs normal											−0.1259	<0.001
BMI × time											−0.00917	0.4231
Men vs women
Sex × time
Smoking vs non-smoking
Smoking × time
Alcohol consumption vs no alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption × time
Regular exercise vs no exercise
Regular exercise × time
AIC	3268.9		1737.9		1654.8		1734.4		1745.2		1703.5
BIC	3279.6		1759.3		1675.9		1755.8		1766.7		1725
Residual variance	0.08885	<0.001	0.04911	<0.001	0.0492	<0.001	0.0491	<0.001	0.04907	<0.001	0.04908	<0.001