Table 5.
Factors for injury subgroup stratified using Cox regression
Dementia | People with dementia | People without dementia | Ratio | Adjusted HR | 95% CI | p value | ||||
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Injury subgroup | Event | PYs | Rate (per 105 PYs) | Event | PYs | Rate (per 105 PYs) | ||||
Injury diagnosis | ||||||||||
Fracture | 6374 | 142,971.64 | 4458.23 | 26,464 | 596,593.59 | 4435.85 | 1.005 | 0.992 | 0.965–1.020 | 0.573 |
Sprains and strains | 415 | 142,971.64 | 290.27 | 1300 | 596,593.59 | 217.90 | 1.332 | 1.316 | 1.177–1.471 | < 0.001 |
Intracranial/internal injury | 2246 | 142,971.64 | 1570.94 | 7448 | 596,593.59 | 1248.42 | 1.258 | 1.204 | 1.148–1.263 | < 0.001 |
Open wound | 1093 | 142,971.64 | 764.49 | 3411 | 596,593.59 | 571.75 | 1.337 | 1.171 | 1.093–1.255 | < 0.001 |
Foreign body entering through orifice | 375 | 142,971.64 | 262.29 | 704 | 596,593.59 | 118.00 | 2.223 | 2.202 | 1.939–2.499 | < 0.001 |
Burn | 228 | 142,971.64 | 159.47 | 708 | 596,593.59 | 118.67 | 1.344 | 1.296 | 1.115–1.507 | 0.001 |
Poisoning | 901 | 142,971.64 | 630.19 | 2996 | 596,593.59 | 502.18 | 1.255 | 1.206 | 1.118–1.300 | < 0.001 |
Cause of injury | ||||||||||
Traffic | 647 | 142,971.64 | 452.54 | 5241 | 596,593.59 | 878.49 | 0.515 | 0.510 | 0.470–0.553 | < 0.001 |
Poisoning (drugs/medicaments/biologicals) | 212 | 142,971.64 | 148.28 | 604 | 596,593.59 | 101.24 | 1.465 | 1.485 | 1.268–1.739 | < 0.001 |
Falls | 5533 | 142,971.64 | 3870.00 | 21,542 | 596,593.59 | 3610.83 | 1.072 | 1.076 | 1.044–1.108 | < 0.001 |
Suffocation | 238 | 142,971.64 | 166.47 | 434 | 596,593.59 | 72.75 | 2.288 | 2.301 | 1.961–2.701 | < 0.001 |
Suicide | 82 | 142,971.64 | 57.35 | 498 | 596,593.59 | 83.47 | 0.687 | 0.670 | 0.530–0.848 | 0.001 |
Homicide/abuse | 39 | 142,971.64 | 27.28 | 129 | 596,593.59 | 21.62 | 1.262 | 1.107 | 0.770–1.590 | 0.584 |
Intentionality of injury | ||||||||||
Unintentional | 10,911 | 142,971.64 | 7631.58 | 44,749 | 596,593.59 | 7500.75 | 1.017 | 1.018 | 1.007–1.040 | 0.009 |
Intentional | 121 | 142,971.64 | 84.63 | 627 | 596,593.59 | 105.10 | 0.805 | 0.764 | 0.628–0.930 | 0.007 |
Adjusted for comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, alcohol-related disease)
CI confidence interval, ER emergency room, HR hazard ratio, PYs person-years