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Table 4 Rate ratios for immune-mediated diseases following admission for osteomalacia

From: Hospital admissions for vitamin D related conditions and subsequent immune-mediated disease: record-linkage studies

Disease

O

E

RR (95% CI)

P-value

Addison’s disease

9

1.1

8.1 (3.7 to 15.4)

<0.001

Ankylosing spondylitis

5

2.9

1.7 (0.57 to 4.1)

0.33

Asthma (aged 5 to 54)

50

71.9

0.7 (0.5 to 0.9)

0.01

Celiac disease

32

4.9

6.5 (4.4 to 9.2)

<0.001

Crohn’s disease

12

7.1

1.7 (0.9 to 3.0)

0.10

Diabetes mellitus (aged 0 to 29)

11

3.8

2.9 (1.5 to 5.2)

0.001

Idiopathic thrombocyt. purpura

5

2.9

1.8 (0.6 to 4.1)

0.33

Myxoedema

143

185.8

0.8 (0.7 to 0.9)

0.002

Pernicious anemia

23

15.1

1.5 (1.0 to 2.3)

0.06

Primary biliary cirrhosis

5

1.9

2.7 (0.9 to 6.3)

0.05

Psoriasis

11

14.6

0.8 (0.4 to 1.4)

0.42

Rheumatoid arthritis

54

49.3

1.1 (0.8 to 1.4)

0.55

Sjogren’s syndrome

8

3.7

2.2 (0.9 to 4.3)

0.04

Thyrotoxicosis

30

20.8

1.4 (1.0 to 2.1)

0.06

Ulcerative colitis

11

10.7

1.0 (0.5 to 1.9)

0.96

  1. O Observed number of cases, E Expected number, RR Rate ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.