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. 2021 Jan 6;11(1):e041508. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041508

Table 2.

Sensitivity analyses applying modified diabetes case definitions: number of persons by diabetes status and age-adjusted mortality rate ratios stratified by sex (DaTraV, age ≥30 years)


Women Men
N in million
(no diabetes/ diabetes)
Mortality rate ratios
(95% CI)
N in million
(no diabetes/ diabetes)
Mortality rate ratios
(95% CI)
Sensitivity analysis 1* 22.3/3.6 1.51 (1.51 to 1.51) 18.1/3.4 1.55 (1.55 to 1.55)
Sensitivity analysis 2† 22.3/0.25 1.19 (1.18 to 1.20) 18.1/0.21 1.20 (1.19 to 1.21)

*Documentation of at least one outpatient (confirmed) or inpatient diagnosis of diabetes in 2013.

†Documentation of only one outpatient (confirmed) diagnosis of diabetes in 2013. Deviations from figures in figure 1 are due to rounding.

DaTraV, Data Transparency Regulation Act.