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. 2013 Apr 22;13:183. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-183

Table 2.

Risk of infection and soft tissue abscess for HIV patients and controls

Characteristics
HIV
Controls
IRR (95 % CI)
P
  N infection PY# Rate* N infection PY# Rate*    
All
9888
222
38937.96
57.01
49440
735
206793.00
35.54
1.60 (1.38-1.86)
<0.0001
Age
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0 ~ 30
3870
92
16050.86
57.32
19329
277
82632.95
33.52
1.71 (1.35-2.16)
<0.0001
30 ~ 40
3695
71
14457.23
49.11
18505
251
76485.96
32.82
1.50 (1.15-1.95)
0.0027
γ 40
2323
59
8429.87
69.99
11606
207
47674.09
43.42
1.61 (1.21-2.15)
0.0012
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male
8799
194
34755.23
55.82
43995
650
184421.29
35.25
1.58 (1.35-1.86)
<0.0001
Female
1089
28
4182.73
66.94
5445
85
22371.71
37.99
1.76 (1.15-2.71)
0.0093
Follow-up years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<1
9888
71
9519.69
74.58
49440
179
49317.37
36.30
2.05 (1.56-2.70)
<0.0001
1-2
9422
54
9351.26
57.75
49198
167
49088.12
34.02
1.70 (1.25-2.31)
0.0007
2-3
9296
44
8309.14
52.95
48972
159
43951.53
36.18
1.46 (1.05-2.04)
0.0253
≧3 7231 53 11757.88 45.08 38481 230 64435.98 35.69 1.26 (0.94-1.70) 0.1255

#PY, person-years.

*Rate: per 10000 person-years.