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Table 3 Univariable and multivariable Poisson regression analyse for Lyme disease incidence of a new diagnosis in the UK

From: A descriptive epidemiological study of the incidence of newly diagnosed Lyme disease cases in a UK primary care cohort, 1998–2016

 

Univariable Analysis

Multivariable Analysis Model 1

Multivariable Analysis Model 2

Independent Variable

IRR (95% CI)

p-value

IRR (95% CI)

p-value

IRR (95% CI)

p-value

Year (linear)

1.05 (1.05–1.06)

< 0.001

1.05 (1.04–1.06)

< 0.001

1.04 (1.03–1.05)

< 0.001

Sex

 Male

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Female

1.08 (1.01–1.15)

0.02

1.06 (0.99–1.13)

0.08

1.20 (1.10–1.30)

< 0.001

Age (Years)

  < 1

0.04 (0.002–0.18)

0.001

0.04 (0.003–0.20)

0.002

0.07 (0.004–0.31)

0.008

 1–5

0.55 (0.42–0.69)

< 0.001

0.52 (0.40–0.67)

< 0.001

0.65 (0.48–0.88)

0.006

 6–10

0.76 (0.63–0.91)

< 0.001

0.72 (0.59–0.87)

< 0.001

0.95 (0.75–1.20)

0.67

 11–15

0.66 (0.55–0.80)

< 0.001

0.67 (0.55–0.81)

< 0.001

0.88 (0.70–1.11)

0.29

 16–20

0.63 (0.52–0.75)

< 0.001

0.64 (0.53–0.78)

< 0.001

0.87 (0.69–1.10)

0.25

 21–25

0.64 (0.54–0.77)

< 0.001

0.68 (0.56–0.81)

< 0.001

0.85 (0.68–1.07)

0.18

 26–30

0.78 (0.66–0.92)

0.004

0.81 (0.68–0.96)

0.02

0.96 (0.77–1.20)

0.74

 31–35

0.80 (0.68–0.94)

0.006

0.85 (0.72–1.01)

0.06

0.86 (0.68–1.07)

0.17

 36–40

0.82 (0.70–0.96)

0.012

0.83 (0.70–0.98)

0.02

0.89 (0.72–1.11)

0.30

 41–45

1

 

1

 

1

1

 46–50

0.98 (0.85–1.14)

0.83

0.97 (0.83–1.13)

0.72

0.94 (0.77–1.17)

0.60

 51–55

0.98 (0.84–1.14)

0.80

0.92 (0.79–1.08)

0.33

0.92 (0.74–1.14)

0.45

 56–60

1.27 (1.09–1.47)

0.002

1.23 (1.06–1.44)

0.007

1.25 (1.02–1.53)

0.03

 61–65

1.25 (1.07–1.45)

0.004

1.19 (1.02–1.39)

0.03

1.02 (0.82–1.26)

0.89

 66–70

1.01 (0.86–1.20)

0.86

0.99 (0.83–1.17)

0.89

0.98 (0.77–1.23)

0.84

 71–75

0.89 (0.73–1.07)

0.21

0.89 (0.73–1.07)

0.21

0.85 (0.66–1.10)

0.23

 76–80

0.63 (0.50–0.79)

< 0.001

0.66 (0.52–0.83)

< 0.001

0.77 (0.57–1.02)

0.07

 81–85

0.43 (0.32–0.57)

< 0.001

0.46 (0.33–0.61)

< 0.001

0.50 (0.34–0.73)

< 0.001

  > 85

0.13 (0.08–0.20)

< 0.001

0.14 (0.09–0.23)

< 0.001

0.17 (0.09–0.29)

< 0.001

Nation

 England

1

 

1 

 

N/A

 

 Northern Ireland

0.36 (0.27–0.47)

< 0.001

0.36 (0.26–0.48)

< 0.001

N/A

 

 Scotland

3.01 (2.82–3.22)

< 0.001

3.16 (2.95–4.76)

< 0.001

N/A

 

 Wales

0.52 (0.44–0.61)

< 0.001

0.56 (0.47–0.66)

< 0.001

N/A

 

Townsend

 1

1

 

1

 

1

 

 2

1.29 (1.18–1.41)

< 0.001

1.12 (1.02–1.22)

0.01

0.88 (0.79–0.99)

0.03

 3

0.94 (0.85–1.03)

0.21

0.84 (0.76–0.92)

< 0.001

0.66 (0.59–0.75)

< 0.001

 4

0.64 (0.58–0.72)

< 0.001

0.54 (0.49–0.61)

< 0.001

0.55 (0.48–0.64)

< 0.001

 5

0.41 (0.35–0.48)

< 0.001

0.32 (0.28–0.37)

< 0.001

0.43 (0.35–0.52)

< 0.001

Rural Urban

 Urban

1

   

1

 

 Rural

1.96 (1.78–2.15)

< 0.001

N/A

N/A

1.71 (1.56–1.89)

< 0.001

  1. IRR Incidence rate ratio, CI Confidence Interval