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Table 2 Unadjusted and multivariable-adjusted HRs for incidence of AF comparing people with and without diabetes by sex, and hazard ratio for women relative to men

From: Sex, age, type of diabetes and incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus: a nationwide analysis

 

Number

Person-time

Number of patients with AF during FU

Incidence rate (95% CI)

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Women-to-men ratio (95% CI)

 

Diabetes vs no diabetes

(HR in women/HR in men)

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Women

 No diabetes

1,416,545

6,855,046.80

114 855

1.68 (1.67–1.69)

     

 Type 1 diabetes

21,440

97,121.95

2 557

2.63 (2.53–2.74)

1.50 (1.44–1.56)

1.32 (1.27–1.37)

   

 Type 2 diabetes

158,536

697,591.24

23,556

3.38 (3.33–3.42)

1.93 (1.90–1.96)

1.17 (1.16–1.19)

   
       

1.35 (1.28–1.42)

1.18 (1.12–1.24)

for type 1 diabetes

       

1.20 (1.18–1.22)

1.10 (1.08–1.12)

for type 2 diabetes

Men

 No diabetes

1,113 974

4 971 106.10

145 269

2.92 (2.91–2.94)

     

 Type 1 diabetes

23,949

103,232.26

3 474

3.37 (3.26–3.48)

1.12 (1.09–1.16)

1.12 (1.08–1.16)

   

 Type 2 diabetes

186,963

751,998.44

37,301

4.96 (4.91–5.01)

1.64 (1.62–1.65)

1.10 (1.09–1.12)

   
  1. Adjusted for age at inclusion and baseline characteristics (among smoking, obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, alcohol abuse, previous stroke, and non-cardiovascular comorbidities). Women to men ratio > 1 indicates an excess risk for incident AF in women with prevalent type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with men with prevalent similar type of diabetes mellitus
  2. HR hazard ratio, WMR women-to-men ratios