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. 2021 Nov 18;3(2):325–336. doi: 10.34067/KID.0006472021

Table 3.

Incidence rates and incidence rate ratios of disease entities leading to hospitalization in 2019 and 2020

Principal Diagnoses Total Lockdown Post-Lockdown
Incidence Rate 2019 Incidence Rate 2020 Incidence Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) P Value Incidence Rate 2019 Incidence Rate 2020 Incidence Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) P Value Incidence Rate 2019 Incidence Rate 2020 Incidence Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) P Value
Allograft rejections 0.25 0.24 0.95 (0.82 to 1.10) 0.51 0.29 0.24 0.84 (0.69 to 1.04) 0.11 0.28 0.28 1.00 (0.83 to 1.21) 0.97
Cardiovascular diseases 0.14 0.12 0.91 (0.75 to 1.12) 0.38 0.17 0.15 0.89 (0.68 to 1.16) 0.39 0.13 0.12 0.97 (0.73 to 1.28) 0.83
Urogenital infections 0.11 0.09 0.82 (0.65 to 1.04) 0.10 0.11 0.08 0.78 (0.55 to 1.10) 0.16 0.11 0.10 0.92 (0.68 to 1.24) 0.57
Pulmonary infections 0.09 0.07 0.80 (0.62 to 1.03) 0.08 0.12 0.10 0.83 (0.60 to 1.14) 0.24 0.07 0.05 0.74 (0.49 to 1.12) 0.15
Sepsis 0.07 0.05 a 0.07 0.05 a 0.07 0.06 a

Incidence rates are given per 1000 patient-days. Total refers to the period from March 15 to September 30, whereas the lockdown phase is from March 15 to June 15 and the post-lockdown phase is from June 16 to September 30.

a

Criteria for sepsis coding changed between 2019 and 2020 impeding direct comparison.