Table 3 Number of events and year of follow-up for each of the study endpoints
From: Quantifying the real life risk profile of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD by record linkage analysis
Event | ICS exposed (n = 3243) | ICS unexposed (n = 1062) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nevents | Person-years follow-up* | Event rate (per 1000 person years) | nevent | Person-years follow-up | Event rate (per 1000 person years) | |
New onset diabetes (n at risk =3,941) | 186 | 16,634 | 11.2 | 53 | 4,285 | 12.4 |
Worsening of existing diabetes (n at risk =364) | 194 | 595 | 326.1 | 71 | 223 | 318.4 |
Hospitalisation for pneumonia | 476 | 17,795 | 26.8 | 74 | 4,833 | 15.3 |
Hospitalisation for fracture | 234 | 18,097 | 12.9 | 54 | 4,822 | 11.2 |
Cataract | 411 | 17,314 | 23.7 | 94 | 4,581 | 20.5 |