Table 2.

Regression analysis showing associations of diabetes-hospitalisation with socioeconomic status and accessibility/remoteness for men, women and combined data, adjusted for age

	T1DM-hospitalisation		T2DM-hospitalisation
	IRR (95% CI)	P value	IRR (95% CI)	P value
Men
Model: age and ARIA
Age (years)	0.85 (0.78 to 0.92)	<0.001	1.63 (1.51 to 1.75)	<0.001
ARIA category of LGA	2.14 (1.64 to 2.80)	<0.001	2.49 (1.81 to 3.43)	<0.001
Model: age and SES
Age (years)	1.07 (0.95 to 1.20)	0.22	2.39 (2.15 to 2.65)	<0.001
SES decile of LGA	1.25 (1.09 to 1.43)	0.001	1.15 (1.02 to 1.30)	0.020
Women
Model: age and ARIA
Age (years)	0.69 (0.64 to 0.74)	<0.001	1.61 (1.49 to 1.73)	<0.001
ARIA category of LGA	2.45 (1.87 to 3.19)	<0.001	2.34 (1.69 to 3.25)	<0.001
Model: age and SES
Age (years)	0.88 (0.77 to 1.00)	<0.060	2.30 (2.07 to 2.56)	<0.001
SES decile of LGA	1.32 (1.16 to 1.51)	<0.001	1.14 (1.01 to 1.28)	0.027
Combined
Model: age, sex and ARIA
Age (years)	0.77 (0.73 to 0.80)	<0.001	1.61 (1.50 to 1.72)	<0.001
Sex (female)	0.98 (0.76 to 1.28)	0.930	1.30 (1.11 to 1.53)	0.001
ARIA category of LGA	2.30 (1.69 to 3.13)	<0.001	2.32 (1.66 to 3.25)	<0.001
Model: age, sex and SES
Age (years)	0.94 (0.86 to 1.03)	0.190	2.20 (2.00 to 2.43)	<0.001
Sex (female)	1.93 (1.50 to 2.49)	<0.001	1.85 (1.63 to 2.10)	<0.001
SES decile of LGA	1.23 (1.07 to 1.42)	0.003	1.13 (1.00 to 1.27)	0.035

P values <0.05 are shown in bold.

ARIA, Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia; IRR, incidence rate ratio; LGA, local government area; SES, socioeconomic status; T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.