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) | ||||
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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 |