Table 3.
The number of people with at least one diagnosis (primary or secondary) of different types of chronic respiratory diseases in a cohort of people with intellectual disabilities (ID, n = 7936, 3609 women and 4327 men) and a same-sized referent sample from the general population (gPop), matched by sex and year of birth.
| Diagnosis | gPop | ID | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Women | Men | Women vs. Men | All | Women | Men | Women vs. Men | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | RR b (95% CI) | n (%) | RR a (95% CI) | n (%) | RR a (95% CI) | n (%) | RR a (95% CI) | RR b (95% CI) | |
| Any | 434 (5) | 205 (6) | 229 (5) | 0.93 (0.78–1.12) | 302 (4) | 0.70 (0.60–0.80) | 158 (4) | 0.77 (0.63–0.94) | 144 (3) | 0.63 (0.51–0.77) | 0.76 (0.61–0.95) |
| Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic | 19 (0) | 7 (0) | 12 (0) | 1.43 (0.56–3.63) | 21 (0) | 1.11 (0.60–2.05) | 8 (0) | 1.14 (0.42–3.15) | 13 (0) | 1.08 (0.50–2.37) | 1.34 (0.56–3.33) |
| Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis | 21 (0) | 7 (0) | 14 (0) | 1.69 (0.67–4.13) | <5 | <5 | <5 | ||||
| Unspecified chronic bronchitis | 21 (0) | 13 (0) | 8 (0) | 0.51 (0.21–1.24) | 11 (0) | 0.54 (0.25–1.09) | 8 (0) | 0.62 (0.26–1.48) | <5 | ||
| Emphysema | 19 (0) | 7 (0) | 12 (0) | 1.43 (0.56–3.63) | 5 (0) | 0.26 (0.10–0.70) | <5 | <5 | |||
| Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 233 (3) | 104 (3) | 129 (3) | 1.04 (0.80–1.33) | 125 (2) | 0.54 (0.43–0.67) | 53 (1) | 0.51 (0.37–0.71) | 72 (2) | 0.56 (0.42–0.74) | 1.13 (0.80–1.61) |
| Asthma | 219 (3) | 114 (3) | 105 (2) | 0.77 (0.59-1.00) | 187 (2) | 0.85 (0.70–1.04) | 105 (3) | 0.92 (0.71–1.20) | 82 (2) | 0.78 (0.59–1.04) | 0.65 (0.49–0.87) |
| Status asthmaticus | 12 (0) | <5 | 8 (0) | 6 (0) | 0.50 (0.19–1.33) | <5 | <5 | ||||
| Bronchiectasis | 12 (0) | 8 (0) | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | |||||
a: ID vs. gPop; b: Within the cohort. Note: Relative risks (RRs) are given with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RRs are presented only if both groups to be compared are comprised of at least five individuals.