Skip to main content

Table 5 The incidence rate of diabetes per 1000 person-years

From: The incidence risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in female nurses: a nationwide matched cohort study

Variables

Non-nurses

Nurses

p -value

Diabetes (N)

Incidence rate(%)

Diabetes (N)

Incidence rate(%)

Total participants

1750

3.25

1498

2.76

<0.001

Age

 

<25

104

0.87

113

0.94

0.574

 

25–34

330

1.44

315

1.36

0.492

 

35–44

617

4.53

519

3.78

0.003

 

45–54

563

12.63

425

9.41

<0.001

 

55–64

104

17.25

93

14.97

0.322

 

65

32

21.99

33

20.62

0.794

Average age (Mean, Std)

48.31

10.43

46.98

10.80

<0.001

Monthly salary(NT$)

 

17280

176

4.07

123

2.71

<0.001

 

17281 ~ 22800

211

3.14

183

2.70

0.139

 

22801 ~ 28800

273

2.89

212

2.23

0.005

 

28801 ~ 36300

218

2.25

217

2.23

0.924

 

36301 ~ 45800

479

3.61

421

3.16

0.045

 

45801 ~ 57800

251

3.20

225

2.86

0.221

 

57801

142

5.68

117

4.68

0.120

Urbanization of residence

 

Level 1

695

3.14

544

2.85

0.094

 

Level 2 & 3

804

3.28

702

2.67

<0.001

 

Level 4 & 5

181

3.40

182

2.82

0.077

 

Level 6 & 7

70

3.81

70

2.87

0.093

Other catastrophic illnesses

 

No

1680

3.19

1435

2.70

<0.001

 

Yes

70

5.72

63

5.63

0.928

CCI

 

0

22

0.26

10

0.14

0.107

 

1 ~ 3

530

2.52

444

2.01

<0.001

 

4 ~ 6

551

3.69

492

3.22

0.028

 

7 ~ 9

389

5.89

345

5.01

0.029

 

10

258

9.06

207

7.01

0.006

  1. CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index
  2. It’s 30 New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) per US dollar
  3. Urbanization level of residence area (overall 7 levels; Level 1 was the most urbanized)
  4. p -value was considered significant at p < 0.05