Table 2.
The hazard ratio (HR) of cataracts between the type 1 diabetes (T1D) group and the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) group stratified by age of enrollment and gender. The younger T1D group had a higher HR of cataracts.
| T1D (n = 3622) | LHID (n = 3622) | Crude HR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract no(%) | Time to cataract, mo±SD | Cataract no(%) | Time to cataract, mo±SD | ||
| Follow-up (mo) | 120.20 ± 42.22 | 133.02 ± 35.60 | |||
| Age of enrollment (yrs) | |||||
| <10 | 17 (0.5) | 73.51 ± 38.48 | 0 (0.0) | N/A | N/A |
| 10–19 | 101 (2.8) | 62.96 ± 47.12 | 0 (0.0) | N/A | N/A |
| 20–29 | 101 (2.8) | 52.36 ± 40.41 | 1 (0.02) | 124.83 ± 0.00 | 112.6 (15.72, 807.2)∗ |
| 30–39 | 94 (2.60) | 64.62 ± 47.38 | 8 (0.2) | 119.26 ± 58.73 | 13.75 (6.68, 28.31)∗ |
| 40–49 | 69 (1.91) | 61.29 ± 39.43 | 14 (0.4) | 78.25 ± 45.89 | 6.10 (3.43, 10.85)∗ |
| 50–59 | 40 (1.10) | 51.05 ± 34.85 | 29 (0.8) | 77.62 ± 43.55 | 1.79 (1.11, 2,89)∗ |
| 60+ | 25 (0.69) | 22.01 ± 25.34 | 32 (0.9) | 44.34 ± 43.72 | 0.86 (0.51, 1.45) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 176 (4.9) | 56.49 ± 39.24 | 36 (1.0) | 56.03 ± 38.28 | 5.20 (3.64, 7.45)∗ |
| Female | 272 (7.5) | 58.47 ± 45.74 | 48 (1.3) | 79.74 ± 51.62 | 6.29 (4.63, 8.55)∗ |
| Total | 448 (12.4) | 57.69 ± 43.27 | 84 (2.3) | 69.58 ± 47.61 | 5.81 (4.60, 7.33)∗ |
∗ p < 0.001.