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

Table 4 Estimates^a of effect of diabetes on absolute tuberculosis incidence rates^b

	Low risk group^c			High risk group^d
	With diabetes	Without diabetes	Difference	With diabetes	Without diabetes	Difference
Tuberculosis rates^b	3.7 × 10⁻⁶	2.8 × 10⁻⁶	8.4 × 10⁻⁷	893.7	687.9	205.8

^aIncidence rates predicted from Poisson model including variables: diabetes status, age, ethnicity, alcohol status, smoking status, body mass index (BMI) and index of multiple deprivation (IMD)
^bTuberculosis rates per 100,000 person years
^cAge <20 years, white ethnicity, moderate drinkers, non-smokers, BMI >30 and in the 1^st IMD quintile
^dAge >70 years, South Asian ethnicity, non-drinkers, current-smokers, BMI <20 and in the 5^th IMD quintile

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