Table 3

Incidence rate of MACEs for patients with hyperglycaemic crisis, stratified by age and sex

VariablesHyperglycaemic crisisCrude HRAdjusted HR
NoYes
(N=8684)(N=2171)
EventPerson-yearsIR†EventPerson-yearsIR†(95% CI)(95% CI)
Total210044 22847.48676856578.931.65 (1.51 to 1.80)***1.76 (1.62 to 1.92)***
Sex‡
 Female90820 33644.65333399283.411.85 (1.63 to 2.1)***1.89 (1.67 to 2.15)***
 Male119223 89249.89343457375.011.49 (1.32 to 1.68)***1.66 (1.47 to 1.88)***
Age§
 20–394760427.7831147221.062.69 (1.71 to 4.24)***2.60 (1.63 to 4.16)***
 40–6488425 69134.41321493865.001.89 (1.66 to 2.15)***1.96 (1.72 to 2.22)***
 ≥65116912 49593.563242155150.371.58 (1.40 to 1.79)***1.57 (1.39 to 1.78)***
  • Adjusted HR: adjusted for hyperglycaemic crisis, age, sex, socioeconomic status, comorbidity and medications.

  • †Per 1000 person-years.

  • ‡Adjusted for all covariates in the full model except sex.

  • §Adjusted for all covariates in the full model except age.

  • IR, incidence rates; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events.