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. 2015 Jun 5;13:135. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0381-9

Table 2.

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

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)

*P-value from Wald test, **P-value from likelihood ratio test

aModel adjusted for: age, alcohol, smoking, BMI, ethnicity, IMD

bPY: 100,000 person years at risk

cRate: per 100,000 person years

BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, IQR interquartile range