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Table 2 Number of Patients With and Without Diabetes Over the Full and 1-Year Follow-up Periods Experiencing One or More Infections

From: Diabetes and the occurrence of infection in primary care: a matched cohort study

Infection Type

Full Follow-up Period

1-year Follow-up period

 

Diabetes

(n = 1779)

n (%)

Non-Diabetes (n = 11,066)

n (%)

P value

Diabetes

(n = 1779)

n (%)

Non-Diabetes (n = 11,066)

n (%)

P value

Any Infection

1012 (56.9)

6428 (58.1)

0.354

584 (32.8)

3500 (31.6)

0.327

Head & Neck

118 (6.6)

817 (7.4)

0.280

39 (2.2)

298 (2.7)

0.252

Respiratory

462 (26.0)

3266 (29.5)

0.002

210 (11.8)

1381 (12.5)

0.445

Gastrointestinal

151 (8.5)

694 (6.3)

< 0.001

69 (3.9)

245 (2.2)

< 0.001

Genitourinary

203 (11.4)

1172 (10.6)

0.319

93 (5.2)

438 (4.0)

0.015

Skin & Soft Tissue

199 (11.2)

896 (8.1)

< 0.001

78 (4.4)

269 (2.4)

< 0.001

Musculoskeletal

185 (10.4)

1189 (10.7)

0.692

62 (3.5)

388 (3.5)

1.000

Viral

84 (4.7)

428 (3.9)

0.100

30 (1.7)

130 (1.2)

0.091