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. 2016 Jul 18;12(11):2862–2871. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1199308

Table 4.

Incidence rate per 100,000 person-years and incidence rate ratios* of individual autoimmune diseases with >10 cases in female cohorts.

    AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine exposure (total PY = 64,705)
Unexposed historical female cohort (total PY = 64,841)
 
Diseases   n IR per 100,000 PY (95% CI) n IR per 100,000 PY (95% CI) IRR* (95% CI) EXP/NNEXP
Autoimmune thyroiditis Confirmed cases 15 23.18 (12.98;38.24) 4 6.17 (1.68; 15.80) 3.75 (1.25–11.31)
  All cases 26 40.18 (26.25;58.88) 18 27.76 (16.45;43.87) 1.45 (0.79–2.64)
Crohn's disease Confirmed cases 6 9.27 (3.40;20.18) 5 7.71 (2.50;18.00) 1.21 (0.37–3.95)
  All cases 8 12.36 (5.34;24.26) 5 7.71 (2.50;18.00) 1.61 (0.53–4.91)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus Confirmed cases 8 12.36 (5.34;24.36) 16 24.68 (14.10;40.07) 0.30 (0.11–0.83)**
  All cases 8 12.36 (5.34;24.36) 16 24.68 (14.10;40.07) 0.50 (0.21–1.17)
    Unexposed concurrent male cohort (total PY = 64,859)
Unexposed historical male cohort (total PY = 64,868)
 
Diseases
 
n
IR per 100,000 PY (95% CI)
n
IR per 100,000 PY (95% CI)
IRR*(95% CI) MALE/HIST
Autoimmune thyroiditis Confirmed cases 0 0.00 (0.00; 5.69) 0 0.00 (0.00; 5.69)
  All cases 2 3.08 (0.37;11.14) 3 4.63 (0.95;13.52) 0.76 (0.13–4.60)
Crohn's disease Confirmed cases 4 6.17 (1.68;15.79) 1 1.54 (0.04;8.59) 4.22 (0.47–38.02)
  All cases 4 6.17 (1.68;15.79) 2 3.08 (0.37;11.14) 2.06 (0.38–11.34)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus Confirmed cases 20 30.84 (18.84;47.62) 8 12.33 (5.32;24.30) 2.46 (1.08–5.60)
  All cases 20 30.84 (18.84;47.62) 8 12.33 (5.32;24.30) 2.46 (1.08–5.60)

Note. CI = confidence interval; EXP = AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine exposure; HIST = unexposed historical male cohort; IRR = incidence rate ratio; MALE = unexposed concurrent male cohort; n = number of subjects; NNEXP = unexposed historical female cohort; PY = person-years

*

Adjusted for age group (9–17 years, 18–25 years)

**

The IRR for confirmed type 1 diabetes in the female cohorts was adjusted for the male effect, because a significant difference in incidence rates was observed between the 2 male cohorts