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

Table 8.

Comparing rates of tuberculosis in 198,227 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and HbA1c measurements with a matched unexposed cohort

Age adjusted Fully adjusted modela
Exposure group Number of patients TB cases/PYb Ratec (95 % CI) Rate ratio Rate ratio P-value*
(% of T2DM) (95 % CI) (95 % CI)
Patients without diabetes 1,088,376 689/50.97 13.51 (12.54–14.56) 1.00 1.00
Patients with T2DM
HbA1c mmol/mol (%):
≤48 (6.5) 61,336 (30.9) 50/2.86 17.48 (13.25–23.06) 1.29 (0.97–1.72) 1.34 (0.88–2.05) 0.140
49- ≤ 58 (6.5–7.5) 70,470 (35.6) 54/3.98 13.57 (10.39–17.72) 1.00 (0.76–1.32) 1.14 (0.76–1.70)
>58 (>7.5) 66,421 (33.5) 71/3.99 17.81 (14.12–22.48) 1.32 (1.03–1.68) 1.50 (1.04–2.17)

*P-value from likelihood ratio test

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

bPY: 100,000 person years at risk

cRate: per 100,000 person years

BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, IMD index of multiple deprivation, TB tuberculosis