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. 2021 Oct 19;21:1802. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11838-x

Table 1.

Incidence Rate Ratio for weekly confirmed cases during the pandemic period (week 12-39)a

Both sexes Men Women
Level effect Slope effect Level effect Slope effect Level effect Slope effect
All cardiovascular diseases 0.586 (0.564–0.609) 1.009 (1.007–1.011) 0.621 (0.593–0.65) 1.008 (1.005–1.01) 0.553 (0.527–0.579) 1.01 (1.008–1.012)
Stroke (includes transient ischemic attack) 0.653 (0.617–0.691) 1.008 (1.006–1.011) 0.697 0.649–0.75) 1.008 (1.005–1.012) 0.613 (0.571–0.658) 1.008 (1.005–1.012)
Myocardial infarction 0.563 (0.539–0.589) 1.009 (1.007–1.011) 0.595 (0.566–0.627) 1.007 (1.005–1.01) 0.532 (0.502–0.564) 1.011 (1.008–1.014)
All cancer 0.323 (0.291–0.359) 1.022 (1.016–1.028) 0.364 (0.315–0.42) 1.024 (1.017–1.031) 0.312 (0.279–0.35) 1.021 (1.015–1.028)
All cancer (excluding sex specific cancer) 0.293 (0.258–0.334) 1.028 (1.021–1.035) 0.351 (0.302–0.408) 1.025 (1.017–1.033) 0.254 (0.218–0.296) 1.03 (1.022–1.038)
Gastric cancer 0.306 (0.253–0.371) 1.022 (1.011–1.032) 0.338 (0.265–0.431) 1.021 (1.008–1.035) 0.228 (0.231–0.36) 1.021 (1.009–1.033)
Colorectal cancer 0.229 (0.199–0.265) 1.036 (1.028–1.043) 0.295 (0.248–0.35) 1.032 (1.023–1.041) 0.19 (0.159–0.228) 1.038 (1.029–1.048)
Lymphoma 0.569 (0.467–0.693) 1.017 (1.007–1.028) 0.643 (0.49–0.844) 1.009 (0.996–1.022) 0.497 (0.378–0.655) 1.025 (1.01–1.039)
Leukaemia 0.388 (0.286–0.526) 1.031 (1.015–1.047) 0.383 (0.251–0.586) 1.034 (1.011–1.058) 0.392 (0.259–0.594) 1.027 (1.006–1.05)
Cervical cancer (includes dysplasia) 0.335 (0.287–0.392) 1.007 (0.998–1.016)
Breast cancer 0.336 (0.293–0.385) 1.028 (1.021–1.036)
Testicular cancer 0.469 (0.339–0.649) 1.013 (0.997–1.029)

aInterrupted time series analysis by sex adjusted by age, population size, and seasonality (week and year). The model includes level and slope effect terms. Complete models are available in Supplemental material (Table S3-S5)