Table 2.

Incidence of tuberculosis diagnosis by chronic kidney disease status

	No/ person yearsb	Ratec (95%CI)	Unadjusted rate ratio (95%CI)	Adjusted ratea ratio (95%CI)
Patients without CKD (N = 238,699)	92/946306.71	9.89 (7.96–12.30)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Patients with CKD (N = 238,513)	154/1068622.53	14.63 (12.28–17.42)	1.48 (1.14–1.91)	1.42 (1.09–1.85)

CI confidence intervals, CKD chronic kidney disease stages 3–5

^aadjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes

^bNo. of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis / total follow up time in person years

^cPer 100,000 person-years