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Table 3 Infections Per 100 Person-Years in Patients With and Without Diabetes Over the Full and 1-year Follow-up Periods

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

Infection Type

Full Study Period

(Mean, SD)

1-year study period

(Mean, SD)

 

Diabetes

Non-Diabetes

P value

Diabetes

Non-Diabetes

P value

Any Infection

42.7 (63.0)

42.5 (59.9)

0.895

54.7 (99.3)

50.2 (94.6)

0.077

Head & Neck

2.1 (11.5)

2.2 (9.7)

0.771

2.6 (18.2)

3.0 (19.5)

0.318

Respiratory

13.4 (36.3)

13.9 (30.0)

0.589

16.2 (52.2)

16.3 (49.7)

0.943

Gastrointestinal

3.4 (15.0)

2.2 (11.1)

0.001

4.9 (27.9)

2.7 (19.4)

0.001

Genitourinary

4.8 (18.0)

4.2 (16.5)

0.148

6.9 (33.1)

4.9 (26.7)

0.016

Skin & Soft Tissue

4.1 (15.3)

2.4 (10.5)

< 0.001

5.2 (26.3)

2.6 (17.4)

< 0.001

Musculoskeletal

3.7 (14.4)

3.8 (14.5)

0.789

4.3 (25.1)

4.0 (22.3)

0.617

Viral

1.4 (7.1)

1.1 (6.6)

0.083

1.7 (13.5)

1.2 (11.4)

0.122