Table 2.

Incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis estimated by sex and age between depression group and non-depression group.

	Non-depression				Depression
Variable	N	Event	Person-years	Incidencea	N	Event	Person-years	Incidencea	IRRb [95% confidence interval (CI)]
All	138,187	1504	1146,960	1.31	34,765	435	285,537	1.52	1.16 (1.12,1.21)
Sex
Female	52,072	569	727,530	0.78	13,105	171	181,913	0.94	1.20 (1.14, 1.26)
Male	86,115	935	419,431	2.23	21,660	264	103,625	2.55	1.14 (1.08, 1.21)
Age group (years)
20–39	49,893	150	433,734	0.35	12,453	63	107,501	0.59	1.69 (1.59, 1.81)
40–64	62,652	528	531,375	0.99	15,834	151	132,729	1.14	1.14 (1.08, 1.21)
65–84	25,642	826	181,851	4.54	6,478	221	45,307	4.88	1.07 (0.99, 1.16)

^aIncidence: per 1,000 person-years.

^bIRR (incidence rate ratio): depression vs. non-depression (95% CI).