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Table 4 Relative risk of hospitalization and hazard ratio of mortality

From: Study of hospitalization and mortality in Korean diabetic patients using the diabetes complications severity index

Characteristics

Hospitalization adjusted RRa (95%CI)

Mortality adjusted HRa (95%CI)

Age

1.009 (1.008–1.011)

1.093 (1.088–1.097)

Men (Ref. women)

0.94 (0.90–0.97)

1.80 (1.65–1.96)

Insulin use

1.91 (1.81–2.02)

2.83 (2.52–3.17)

Diabetic complications severity index (linear)

1.04 (1.03–1.06)

1.13 (1.11–1.16)

DCSI (categorical)

 0

Reference

Reference

 1

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

1.05 (0.93–1.19)

 2

1.10 (1.04–1.16)

1.12 (0.98–1.27)

 3

1.11 (1.03–1.18)

1.34 (1.17–1.54)

 4

1.21 (1.12–1.32)

1.76 (1.51–2.05)

 5+

1.34 (1.23–1.47)

1.87 (1.60–2.19)

Number of complications (categorical)

 0

Reference

Reference

 1

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

1.10 (0.98–1.24)

 2

1.10 (1.04–1.16)

1.29 (1.14–1.46)

 3

1.16 (1.08–1.24)

1.45 (1.26–1.66)

 4

1.22 (1.11–1.34)

1.57 (1.31–1.89)

 5+

1.36 (1.18–1.57)

1.65 (1.24–2.20)

  1. aPoisson regression model for relative risk (RR) hospitalization and Cox proportional hazard model for hazard ratio (HR) mortality, adjusted - age, sex, insulin use