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Table 2 Rates and adjusted rate ratios for all types of tuberculosis (TB) by exposure to diabetes

From: Risk of tuberculosis in patients with diabetes: population based cohort study using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink

  

Age-adjusted

 

Fully adjusted modela

Exposure status

Number of TB cases/PYb

Ratec (95 % CI)

Rate ratio

Rate ratio

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

   

P* = 0.025

P** = 0.039

Patients without diabetes

779/57.68

13.51 (12.59–14.49)

1.00

1.00

Patients with diabetes

190/11.73

16.20 (14.05–18.68)

1.20 (1.02–1.40)

1.30 (1.01–1.67)

  1. *P-value from Wald test, **P-value from likelihood ratio test
  2. aModel adjusted for: age, alcohol, smoking, BMI, ethnicity, IMD
  3. bPY: 100,000 person years at risk
  4. cRate: per 100,000 person years
  5. BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, IQR interquartile range
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