Dyslipidemia and 10-year diabetes incidence in Japanese people: Population-based Panasonic cohort study 9

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and LDL/HDL ratio have been associated with new-onset diabetes; however, their cut-off levels have not been determined. We clarified the association between dyslipidemia and the incidence of diabetes. People who underwent a health checkup under a program conducted by Panasonic Corporation from 2008 to 2018 were included. In total, 87,570 participants were included, of whom 5,110 developed type 2 diabetes. Cox regression analyses and time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the association between LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or LDL/HDL ratio and incident diabetes and to identify the cut-off values for incident diabetes. Multivariate analysis showed that LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and LDL/HDL ratio were significantly associated with the risk of incident type 2 diabetes. Further, the area under the ROC curve and optimized cut-off values for LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and LDL/HDL ratio for incident type 2 diabetes at 10 years were 0.613 and 124 mg/dl, 0.640 and 54 mg/dl, and 0.662 and 2.4 mg/dl, respectively. The LDL/HDL ratio with a cut-off value of 2.4 was a better predictor of incident diabetes within 10 years than LDL and HDL cholesterol.