Incidence and outcome of newly-diagnosed tuberculosis in schizophrenics: a 12-year, nationwide, retrospective longitudinal study

Table 2 Incidence and crude and adjusted hazard ratio of newly-diagnosed tuberculosis in schizophrenics and controls

	No.	Person-years	No. with TB	Incidence rate (per 10⁵person-years)	Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR¹(95% CI)
Total	120,818	771,657	607	78.7
Schizophrenics	60,409	392,109	366	93.3	1.48* (1.26-1.74)	1.52* (1.29-1.79)
Controls	60,409	379,548	241	63.5	Reference	Reference

¹Adjusted HR was adjusted for age, sex, gender, Charlson’s score and all comorbidities listed in Table 1. TB: tuberculosis, HR: hazard ratio, CI: confidence interval. *p < 0.001.

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