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Table 2 Incidence of AMI in subjects with DME and age/gender matched diabetes controls*, 1 July 2002 to 31 December 2005

From: Hospitalized cardiovascular events in patients with diabetic macular edema

   

DME Subjects

  

Diabetes Controls

Overall

n

Person-years

AMI events

rate/1000 PY

95% CI

n

Person-years

AMI events

rate/1000 PY

95% CI

All subjects

3519

4778.5

94

19.7

15.7 - 23.6

10557

13981.5

96

6.9

5.5 - 8.2

Females

1645

2220.9

38

17.1

11.7 - 22.5

4935

6502.4

40

6.2

4.3 - 8.1

Males

1874

2557.6

56

21.9

16.2 - 27.5

5622

7479.1

56

7.5

5.5 - 9.4

   

DME Subjects

  

Diabetes Controls

Age (years)

n

Person-years

AMI events

rate/1000 PY

95% CI

n

Person-years

AMI events

rate/1000 PY

95% CI

18-29

49

58.5

0

0.0

0.0 - 0.0

157

178.5

0

0.0

0.0 - 0.0

30-39

217

280.9

2

7.1

0.0 - 16.9

591

772.9

3

3.9

0.0 - 8.3

40-49

517

717.6

9

12.5

4.4 - 20.7

1522

1969.7

4

2.0

0.0 - 4.0

50-59

1144

1531.4

28

18.3

11.6 - 25.0

3271

4293.2

17

4.0

2.1 - 5.8

60-69

937

1245.5

28

22.5

14.3 - 30.7

2971

3777.9

31

8.2

5.3 - 11.1

70-79

516

745.0

19

25.5

14.2 - 36.8

1521

2229.4

28

12.6

8.0 - 17.2

80-89

139

199.6

8

40.1

13.1 - 67.0

524

759.9

13

17.1

7.9 - 26.3

  1. *Diabetes controls - diabetes subjects without ophthalmic manifestations, retinal disorders, or vitreous hemorrhage.
  2. DME = diabetic macular edema; AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; PY = person-years;
  3. CI = confidence interval.