Diabetes and risk of hospitalisation due to infection in northeastern Thailand: Retrospective cohort study using population‐based healthcare service data
Main finding · Infectious disease hospitalisation rate per 1000 person-yearsResult — go to the resultRelative risk 4.59 95% CI 4.52–4.66Authors' conclusion
In this Thai population, diabetes was associated with substantially increased risk of hospitalisation due to infectious diseases and people with diabetes who were on pharmacological treatment had a higher risk than those receiving lifestyle modification advice alone.
Study context
- Population
- People aged ≥20 years in northeastern Thailand, electronic health record data 2012–2018; 164,177 had a diagnosis of DM over the study period
- Participants
- 3.8 million people
- Exposure
- Diabetes vs no diabetes
- Outcome
- Hospitalisation for any infectious diseases (ICD-10 codes A00-B99)
Methodological detailspopulation-based, electronic health record data
- Population-based
- Electronic health record data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Infectious disease hospitalisation rate per 1000 person-years
Relative risk
4.59
95% CI 4.52–4.66
By group
Diabetesvs Without diabetes
RR 4.59 (95% CI 4.52–4.66)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | RR (CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Infectious disease hospitalisation by diabetes managementDiabetes managed by lifestyle alonevs Without diabetes | 3.38 (3.29–3.47) | |
| Infectious disease hospitalisation by diabetes managementDiabetes drug prescriptionsvs Without diabetes | 5.29 (5.20–5.39) | |
| 0.20.5125Relative risk (log scale) |
Original publication
Diabetes and risk of hospitalisation due to infection in northeastern Thailand: Retrospective cohort study using population‐based healthcare service data. Diabet Med. Published 9 June 2024. doi:10.
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