Table 3.
Infection sites | Users of TNF-α inhibitors | Non-users of TNF-α inhibitors | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | |||
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No of patients | No of events | No of patients | No of events | |||
Gastrointestinal | 1543 | 28 | 1543 | 24 | 1.01 (0.55 to 1.86) | |
Respiratory tract | 1543 | 30 | 1543 | 28 | 0.75 (0.42 to 1.34) | |
Skin and soft tissue | 1543 | 26 | 1543 | 13 | 2.51 (1.23 to 5.12) | |
Urological or gynaecological | 1543 | 9 | 1543 | 4 | 2.31 (0.64 to 8.29) | |
Sepsis | 1543 | 6 | 1543 | 4 | 2.45 (0.65 to 9.19) | |
Other | 1543 | 8 | 1543 | 5 | 1.24 (0.36 to 4.30) |