Table 3.
Exposed | Unexposed | |
---|---|---|
Number of patients | 80 657 | 161 314 |
Numbers of outcomes | 501 | 452 |
Person‐y | 288 757 | 545 808 |
Incidence rate (per 10 000 person‐y) | 17.4 | 8.3 |
Incidence rate ratio (95% CIs)a | 2.10 (1.84–2.48) | |
P‐value | <0.001 | |
Adjusted incidence rate ratio (95% CIs)b , c | 1.75 (1.52–2.02) | |
P‐value | <0.001 |
Unadjusted incidence rate ratio.
Adjusted for body mass index, age, sex, smoking status, diabetes mellitus status, lipid‐lowering drug use, hypertension, Charlson comorbidity score, and Townsend deprivation score, as well as year of registration into the database.
The estimate associated with year of registration in the multivariable regression (adjusted incidence rate ratio; 95% CI, P‐value): (0.99; 0.99–1.00, 0.006).