Table 2 Relative risks with 95% confidence intervals for the associations between the results of the chair-stand test and incidence of type 2 diabetes: the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Not safe^a

6587

725 (11.0%)

32,480

22.3

2.18 (1.95–2.43)

2.11 (1.88–2.36)

1.32 (1.17–1.48)

Q1 (≥ 12.01 seconds in men, ≥ 13.5 seconds in women)^b

9893

857 (8.7%)

51,310

16.7

1.71 (1.54–1.91)

1.65 (1.48–1.85)

1.23 (1.10–1.37)

Q2 (≥ 10.0, <  12.01 seconds in men; ≥ 10.54, <  13.5 seconds in women)^b

10,161

739 (7.3%)

51,953

14.2

1.44 (1.29–1.61)

1.40 (1.25–1.57)

1.19 (1.06–1.33)

Q3 (≥ 8.0, <  10.0 seconds in men; ≥ 8.24, <  10.54 seconds in women)^b

9806

595 (6.1%)

53,648

11.1

1.20 (1.07–1.35)

1.19 (1.06–1.33)

1.08 (0.96–1.21)

Q4 (reference) (<  8.0 seconds in men, <  8.24 seconds in women)^b

9672

489 (5.1%)

54,256

9.0

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1

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