Table 2.

Rate of hospitalization per 100 person-years for patients with sarcoidosis and comparators without sarcoidosis

	Sarcoidosis rate	Non-sarcoidosis rate	Rate ratio (95% CI)
Overall	17.3	12.6	1.37 (1.24 – 1.52)
Sex
Females	22.0	13.8	1.60 (1.40 – 1.82)
Males	12.2	11.5	1.06 (0.91 – 1.25)
Ages
20–34	11.5	9.8	1.18 (0.74 – 1.88)
35–49	9.7	5.0	1.94 (1.50 – 2.54)
50–64	16.2	11.8	1.38 (1.17 – 1.64)
65–79	25.7	21.1	1.22 ( 1.01 – 1.46)
80+	48.8	42.9	1.14 (0.88 – 1.48)
Calendar year
1987–1991	15.5	9.8	1.57 (1.10 – 2.28)
1992–1996	13.4	11.5	1.16 (0.86 – 1.57)
1997–2001	14.3	11.8	1.22 (0.93 – 1.59)
2002–2006	23.0	14.0	1.64 (1.34 – 2.03)
2007–2011	16.8	13.1	1.28 (1.04 – 1.58)
2012–2015	18.3	13.5	1.36 (1.09 – 1.69)
Years after sarcoidosis diagnosis
0–4	15.9	10.2	1.56 (1.26 – 1.94)
5–9	15.1	11.0	1.37 (1.09 – 1.73)
10–14	18.6	14.2	1.31 (1.05 – 1.64)
15–19	21.8	12.7	1.71 (1.33 – 2.21)
20–24	17.2	14.4	1.19 (0.88 – 1.61)
25–29	18.5	15.8	1.17 (0.80 – 1.71)

CI, confidence interval