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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabet Med. 2024 Jun 9:e15378. doi: 10.1111/dme.15378

Table 4. Rates of infection hospitalization and rate ratios (RR) describing the association between diabetes, diabetes treatment and risk of hospitalization due to any infection during 2012-2018 in the whole population of 3,795,856 people living in Health Region 10 using negative binomial regression.

Factors Number Rates of infection
hospitalizations per
1,000 person-year
(95% CI)
Univariate negative
binomial model
Multivariable negative
binomial model A
Multivariable negative
binomial model B
Crude RR
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted RR
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted RR (95% CI) p-value
Diabetes status
People without diabetes 3,631,679 7.5
(7.5, 7.5)
1 1 1 1 1 1
People with diabetes 164,177 49.2
(48.7, 49.8)
6.23
(6.13, 6.33)
<0.001 4.59
(4.52, 4.66)
<0.001 - -
Diabetes treatment
Reference to no diabetes Reference to no diabetes
Lifestyle modification alone 31,060 36.9
(36.1,37.7)
4.75
(4.63, 4.88)
<0.001 3.38
(3.29, 3.47)
<0.001
Both diabetes drugs
and lifestyle
modification
133,117 56,2 (55.5, 56.9) 7.06
(6.93, 7.19)
<0.001 5.29
(5.20, 5.39)
<0.001
Age (years)
     21 – 40 1,465,549 4.6
(4.6, 4.6)
1 1 1 1 1 1
     41 – 60 1,505,282 6.0
(5.9, 6.0)
1.30
(1.29, 1.32)
<0.001 1.17
(1.15, 1.18)
<0.001 1.17
(1.15, 1.18)
<0.001
     61 – 80 672,204 15.0
(14.9, 15.1)
3.30
(3.26, 3.35)
<0.001 2.46
(2.43, 2.49)
<0.001 2.46
(2.43, 2.49)
<0.001
     ≥ 81 140,751 21.6
(21.3, 21.9)
4.74
(4.64, 4.83)
<0.001 3.89
(3.82, 3.97)
<0.001 3.92
(3.84, 3.99)
<0.001
Sex
     Male 1,883,488 7.2
(7.1, 7.2)
1 1 1 1 1 1
     Female 1,912,368 7.9
(7.8, 7.9)
1.10
(1.09, 1.11)
<0.001 0.97
(0.96, 0.98)
<0.001 0.97
(0.96, 0.98)
<0.001
Province
     Sisaket 1,229,577 6.8
(6.8, 6.9)
1 1 1 1 1 1
     Ubon Ratchathani 1,508,327 8.4
(8.4, 8.5)
1.24
(1.22, 1.25)
<0.001 1.27
(1.26, 1.28)
<0.001 1.27
(1.25, 1.28)
<0.001
     Yasothorn 455,980 7.7
(7.6, 7.8)
1.13
(1.11, 1.15)
<0.001 1.10
(1.08, 1.11)
<0.001 1.10
(1.08, 1.11)
<0.001
     Amnat Charoen 314,769 7.4
(7.3, 7.5)
1.09
(1.07, 1.11)
<0.001 1.06
(1.04, 1.08)
<0.001 1.06
(1.04, 1.08)
<0.001
     Mukdahan 287,203 7.5
(7.3, 7.6)
1.10
(1.07, 1.12)
<0.001 1.13
(1.11, 1.15)
<0.001 1.13
(1.10, 1.15)
<0.001

Model A describes RR for diabetes compared with no diabetes adjusted for other factors in the table.

Model B describes RR for diabetes with or without diabetes drugs compared with no diabetes adjusted for other factors in the table.