Table 1.
Standardized mortality ratios of dying from diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, or chronic ischemic heart diseases in people with AIDS, according to selected characteristics. Italy, 1999-2006
| Cause of death | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes mellitus | Myocardial infarction | Chronic ischemic heart diseases | ||||||||
| PY | Obs | Exp |
SMR (95% CI) |
Obs | Exp |
SMR (95% CI) |
Obs | Exp |
SMR (95% CI) |
|
|
Age at AIDS diagnosis (n° of cases) |
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| <45 (6958) | 26389 | 5 | 0.36 | 13.8 (4.4-32) |
4 | 1.97 | 2.0 (0.5-5.2) |
4 | 0.51 | 7.8 (2.0-20) |
| ≥45 (2704) | 8425 | 9 | 1.82 | 4.9 (2.2-9.4) |
13 | 5.34 | 2.4 (1.3-4.2) |
8 | 3.50 | 2.3 (1.0-4.5) |
| Sex (n° of cases) | ||||||||||
| Male (7511) | 26962 | 14 | 1.97 | 7.1 (3.9-11.9) |
14 | 7.01 | 2.0 (1.1-3.4) |
9 | 3.81 | 2.4 (1.1-4.5) |
| Female (2151) | 7851 | 0 | 0.21 | 0 | 3 | 0.30 | 9.9 (1.9-29) |
3 | 0.20 | 14.9 (2.8-44) |
| HIV-transmission category (n° of cases) | ||||||||||
| Intravenous drug user (4040) | 14235 | 5 | 0.28 | 18.2 (5.7-43) |
5 | 1.42 | 3.5 (1.1-8.3) |
4 | 0.41 | 9.7 (2.5-25) |
| Homosexual man (1741) | 6512 | 2 | 0.61 | 3.3 (0.3-12.1) |
0 | 2.08 | 0 | 3 | 1.14 | 2.6 (0.5-7.8) |
| Heterosexual (3297) | 12121 | 5 | 1.06 | 4.7 (1.5-11.1) |
10 | 3.14 | 3.2 (1.5-5.9) |
3 | 1.99 | 1.5 (0.3-4.5) |
| Other (584) | 1945 | 2 | 0.24 | 8.5 (0.8-31) |
2 | 0.67 | 3.0 (0.3-10.9) |
2 | 0.47 | 4.2 (0.4-15.6) |
| Total (9662) | 34814 | 14 | 2.18 | 6.4 (3.5-10.8) |
17 | 7.31 | 2.3 (1.4-3.7) |
12 | 4.01 | 3.0 (1.5-5.2) |
SMR = Standardized mortality ratio; PY = Person Years; Obs = Observed; Exp = Expected; CI = Confidence interval